On Thu, Jan 22, 1998 at 12:29:31PM -0500, Barry wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Stephen Fisher wrote:
> > So neither icmp nor POP3 will reset the idle timer, also have an option in
> > the filters (such as a special keyword) which you could put in which ComOS
> > would replace with the user's current ip. This would also allow you to
>
> Sure, so the user downloading the multi-megabyte mail attachment will
> timeout every time... great. Also, as soon as you get your new filters in
> place certain enterprising customers will find some new service to touch
> (ftp connection, dns lookup, web activity) sooner or later your filtering
> everything from the ilde timer and then you've defeated the purpose.
>
> It *is* a lot of work, but the only way to handle people like that is to
> watch them and get a feeling for their usage habits.
>
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