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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

How about putting in a line in eznet.conf 
0 idle = 300  with a comment about how to change it to longer?

I think last time when I asked Steven if he could do something like this, 
he simply added idle 0 to eliminate the timeout, to BL2 beta (or alpha).



On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, James Miller wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Sindi Keesan wrote:
> 
> > I think I already complained about being disconnected while trying out
> > BL2, and you added idle 0 to the first line of eznet.conf to stop it from
> > timing out at all.  I just added that line in BL3.  The manual said to use
> > idle = (time in seconds) and I think you said 0 simply eliminated the
> > timeout.  Please make this change to Bl3 as the 5 min default is too
> > short, or increase to at least 15 minutes.
> 
> Steven lives in a country where internet service is billed by the amount
> of time spent online and the rates are relatively high.  I think this is
> why he has this relatively "short"  timeout.  Other BL users may live in
> such countries as well.  Why ask that BL3 be tailored to American
> standards, where "unlimited" internet service for a relatively low monthly
> fee is the norm?  Other BL3 users who live in countries with high ISP
> rates billed by time used can get hit with outrageous bills should they
> forget to disconnect from the internet in a timely fashion  and might
> appreciate having the sort of timeout Steven has built in.  I say: wait
> and see if the timeout bothers other BL3 users before making any such
> blanket adjustment like this.  Meantime, Steven has provided the method
> necessary for users currently inconvenienced by it to change it.
> 
> James
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