rsync - Nov 2006 - v2.6.9 error code 12 at io.c (1122)

I am running rsync 2.6.9 on SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 10. I got a
53.7 GB directory in one of my servers that I need to rsync over a gigabit link.
But rsync runs for about 2-3 hours and fails with the following error -

2006/11/19 17:51:57 [9229] rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 4
bytes [generator]: Connection reset by peer (104)
2006/11/19 17:51:57 [9229] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data
stream (code 12) at io.c(1122) [generator=2.6.9]

Here's my /etc/rsyncd.conf

        [MAIL]
        path = /backup/MAIL/
        comment = MAIL
        read only = no
        use chroot = no
        timeout = 3600
        transfer logging = yes
        log file = /var/log/rsync/mail.log

Here's my command in the client-end

-av --timeout=3600 --bwlimit=1000 --exclude-from=$exc --delete -b
--backup-dir=$dest --volume=$vol: $source

I tried changing the bandwidth limit to 200, 300 but that doesn't help.

Thanks for any kind of help.

On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 12:47:03PM +1100, Tanvir Ahmed
wrote:
> 2006/11/19 17:51:57 [9229] rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 4
> bytes [generator]: Connection reset by peer (104)
As noted on the issue and debugging web page, this just tells us that
the connection was closed.  Look in the rsync daemon log file (since you
appear to be using a daemon) to see if the other side of the connection
has a reason for the closure.  If it also has some kind of a socket-
failure error, then the socket closed outside of rsync control.  See the
issue and debugging web page for other suggestions.

..wayne..