Vern
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From: Mia's Virtual Post Office <list@mia.net>
To: Jack Beech - President <jwb@dfw.nationwide.net>
Cc: Kris <sysop@kepnet.com>; <portmaster-users@livingston.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: (PM) Session time out warning
>Jack Beech - President said:
>
>>Why??? More than likely so your users dont just think they get more random
>>disconnects than they already do.. You have got to be kidding with your
>>reply of "why".
>>
>nope, I'm not kidding... My reply of "Why?" asks the question, why
>indicate to your users that it near time to log off and log on again to
>eat up another 8hours session. We explicitly explain to our users both
>on the web and in their Terms and Conditions agreement just what a
>Session Timeout is. We set a 7 hour session limit and it does not take a
>rocket scientist to determine that if I get disconnected every 7 hours,
>there must be a pattern. Even with a 25 minute idle time it is easy to
>explain to a user that it is not a random disconnect. Now if it happens
>outside of these parameters, then there is a problem some where.
>
>jer
>
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>
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>
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