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Article #65Re: DOES NETCOM TERMINATE Users Who Use Excessive Online Time?
From: Neal Riemer
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 00:00
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Jesse James (jfjames@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : nwdirect@netcom.com (thedirectory of BBSes and Internet : Access Providers) wrote: : :]On shell accounts you must do "something" within every ten minutes or so. : :]If you just sit there you will be disconnected (as will most providers). : :]So if you are sitting there "lurking" in IRC you must do something regularly. : This is also true of the NetCruiser accounts. : Those who are 'holding' a connection must be active, or : using a 'keep alive' utility. : I'm not sure what the timer is set for, as I've never really : worried about it. However, it does get me sometimes when I : forget and attempt to compose a lengthy response on-line. Odd, because I remember once I forgot to log off while using someone's Netcruiser account, and when I went back _hours_ later, though my shell telnet had been kicked out, the Netcruiser was still active. I have not changed any settings on it as far as I can remember (Netlooser software). Where might these settings be? I'd like to change it if I could. (so that it would log me out after no use for x minutes) Thanks.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 12a392,4ca7e45b8cf4315 X-Google-Attributes: gid12a392,public X-Google-Thread: 113c94,4ca7e45b8cf4315 X-Google-Attributes: gid113c94,public X-Google-Thread: fa874,4ca7e45b8cf4315 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa874,public X-Google-Thread: f60e6,4ca7e45b8cf4315 X-Google-Attributes: gidf60e6,public X-Google-Thread: fc7b2,4ca7e45b8cf4315 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc7b2,public From: moriarty@netcom.com (Neal Riemer) Subject: Re: DOES NETCOM TERMINATE Users Who Use Excessive Online Time? Date: 1996/08/27 Message-ID: <moriartyDwt280.31M@netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 176797634 sender: moriarty@netcom7.netcom.com references: <4vp2sb$h5g@mule1.mindspring.com> <Pine.BSI.3.91.960825104326.18836A-100000@escape.com> <teddyburDwpFtu.FLI@netcom.com> <4vq82l$8rr@mel.hargray.com> <nwdirectDwpLp8.CIA@netcom.com> <4vqdr9$h8a@dfw-ixnews10.ix.netcom.com> followup-to: netcom.internet,alt.internet.services,alt.conspiracy.netcom,ba.internet,netcom.general organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) newsgroups: netcom.internet,alt.internet.services,alt.conspiracy.netcom,ba.internet,netcom.general