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? Too many connections from your IP address ?

From	fld@informatik.uni-bremen.de
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.networking
Subject	? Too many connections from your IP address ?
Date	2011-11-02 01:39 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<j8q701$4mb$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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I need to know what is recommended practice for <quitting>.

When I started years ago [with BBS] I used to always 'politely'
<log off>; and I still do `quit` with telnet, because I know how to.

But as I had to hack the source-code of my mail-client when my
ISP [and the industry in general] introduced send authorisation,
and as I just pulled-the-plug instead of finding out how to 
<ppp-off>, my hacked USEnet-client is finally getting a warning
[apparently from the server]:
"Too many connections from your IP address
sending 400 Too many connections from your IP address"

IIRC I needed to modify the news-client, because the original
server became slow and I had to get one that required password
login, as USEnet degenerated towards blogs.

It occurred to me, that in modifying and testing the code, I had
never considered the log-off/disconnect aspect; and that when I 
eg. fetch 8 news articles via 8 lines of a script, each <fetch command>
doesn't <quit>, so eventually the server see 8 connections from my IP.

Before I crack open the source code files, I'd like to know the 
theory of what I should be looking for, re. <quitting>.
Oh, I've just realised that I can read the RFCs which I've got 
[here in my 3rd world location, going 4th].

PS. I now also remember <FtpClose>.
Some reasons why I don't use standard/consumer clients are:
* I know it's a lie that "life is better with coke";
* I've got expensive dialup facilities;
* surfing is 'going nowhere and just waiting to fall off', so
 I seldom use a full-featured-browser, but instead have
scripts to:
= fetch the list of URLs in file1 to Append-file2
= fetch google-search(args) to fileG
= ...etc.
* MAINLY: being without the facility that only ETHOberon
gives me, of having multiple text-frames visible on the same
screen, so that I can edit, cutNpaste, colour text stretches, etc.
of emails, USEnet, logFiles..anyFiles, 
is like trying to tie your shoe-laces while wearing boxing-gloves.

So don't suggest that I update to the latest monster all
purpose app., because you were all wrong when you followed the
herd, in believing that you could live on your credit cards.

Thanks,

== Chris Glur.

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? Too many connections from your IP address ? fld@informatik.uni-bremen.de - 2011-11-02 01:39 +0000
  Re: ? Too many connections from your IP address ? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-11-02 02:24 +0000
    Re: ? Too many connections from your IP address ? Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-11-02 02:53 +0000
    Re (2): ? Too many connections from your IP address ? fld@informatik.uni-bremen.de - 2011-11-02 11:24 +0000
    Re: ? Too many connections from your IP address ? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-11-02 11:37 +0000
      Re (2): ? Too many connections from your IP address ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-11-02 15:38 +0000
        Re: Re (2): ? Too many connections from your IP address ? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-11-02 19:15 +0000
  Re: ? Too many connections from your IP address ? Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2011-11-02 09:31 +0000
    Re (2): ? Too many connections from your IP address ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-11-02 18:50 +0000
      Re: Re (2): ? Too many connections from your IP address ? Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2011-11-03 10:21 +0000

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