Re: [msmtp-users] msmtp timeout option

[Paul Donohue <msmtp@...359...>]

The answer is less straightforward than you might expect ... it depends on a few parameters.  See `man 7 tcp` and look for tcp_retries2

On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 07:44:43AM -0700, paul novak wrote:
> The manual page describes the timeout option like this:
> 
> "Set or unset a network timeout, in seconds.   The argument off means that no
> timeout will be set, which means the operating system default will be used...."
> 
> Running Linux 3.15.1 kernel, what's the name of the "operating system default"
> and how can I change it?   I'm guessing it's somewhere in /proc/sys/net, but
> I don't know what it's called.

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