Configuration: Hamster Settings, Local Details

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Connection Handling

Inactivity Timeout (min.)

Timeout in minutes after which the local servers disconnect inactive clients.

Quit Delay (ms)

Delay time in milliseconds before a connection is actually closed after a QUIT command.

Restrictions

The settings in this group define various restrictions for the local NNTP (news), POP3 (incoming mails), SMTP (outgoing mails) and RC (Remote Control) servers.

Max. number of connections

Max. number of concurrent client connections accepted by the local server.

Max. ... from same client

Max. number of concurrent connections from the same client accepted by the local server.

Max. data size accepted

Limit for the size of a text sent to the local server. If limit is exceeded, the connection is terminated. A value of 0 disables the limit.

Max. line length accepted

Limit for the length of a line sent to the local server. If limit is exceeded, the connection is terminated. A value of 0 disables the limit.

Supported SASL mechanisms

POP3, SMTP, RC

Defines one or more SASL mechanisms (separated by space), which may be used to authenticate a client on the local POP3 (incoming mails), SMTP (outgoing mails) or RC (Remote Control) server. If empty, all supported mechanisms are allowed.
Currently supported mechanisms are: CRAM-SHA1 CRAM-MD5 PLAIN LOGIN

Some versions of Netscape/Mozilla need a setting of just LOGIN to work with authentication.

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