Re: [hylafax-users] slow client times out

[Ross Boylan <RossBoylan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 02:36:00PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I attempted to sendfax some pages, but they require extensive
> preprocessing via typerules (png->tif conversions).  So it took
> forever.  Apparently as a result, I got this error after all the files
> had been converted, as sendfax tried to send them to the server:
> --------------------------------------
> Service not available, remote server closed connection
> 421 Timeout (900 seconds): closing control connection.
> Document transfer failed: 421 Timeout (900 seconds): closing control connection.
> ---------------------------------
> 
> Smaller jobs work.  Server tracing shows that sendfax makes a
> connection as soon as it starts.
> 
> How can I get this to work?  I see a MaxIdleTimeout paramater for the
> configuration file, but it says this changes the maximum a client can
> request.  That makes it sound as if I need to tweak the client too.
> I'd appreciate any pointers.
> 
> P.S. I am about to install a faster computer, but I want this one to
> work for now :)
> 

For what it's worth, setting a large IdleTimeout (not MaxIdleTimeout)
seems to have let things work.  I gather the file hfaxd.conf is read
by clients too, so maybe this one setting affects both what the server
permits and what the client asks for.

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