1909792 - With more than one news group subscribed in an NNTP account and mail.server.serverX.max_cached_connections set to 1, sometimes 2 connections occur

Status: NEW

(MailNews Core :: Networking: NNTP, defect)

Description

[gene smith]

STR:

• Attempt to limit the number of simultaneous NNTP connection to a server to 1 by setting pref mail.server.serverX.max_cached_connections to 1
• Watching with wireshark or other network sniffer, typically see a single connection initially servicing the account's groups serially, as expected.
• After a few biff periods checking for new articles, a second connection often occurs and services a single group and the other group(s) remain serviced by the original connection.

So it seems that "max_cached_connections" for NNTP is not acting as a absolute limit.