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[Amos <address@concealed>]

Out of curiosity, why is this done?

      # mysql:

      # - At first, reset "mysql_auto_reconnect" driver attribute.

      #   connect() sets it to true not according to \%attr argument

      #   when the processes are running under mod_perl or CGI environment so

      #   that "SET NAMES utf8" will be skipped.

      # - Set client-side character set to "utf8" or "utf8mb4".

      if ($param->{'db_type'} eq 'mysql') {

            $dbh->{'mysql_auto_reconnect'} = 0;

Since moving from PostgreSQL to MySQL, started to sporadically (like once a day) receive messages of the form:

err Bulk::store() Unable to add message in bulkspool_table "INSERT INTO bulkspool_table ...  MySQL server has gone away

Not sure why the mysql_auto_reconnect is set to 0.  I noticed (and translated) the French comment at the bottom of http://www.sympa.org/faq/database  However, this came to light because at about the time of the Bulk::store message above, we get an email that Sympa "has encountered an internal server error."

Can this just be safely ignored?  

Thanks.