Someone a while ago remarked upon how annoying it was to compose a message and then to find that you have been logged out and the message has to be re-typed. It has happened to me on more than one occasion.
The 'session length' can be varied to determine how long users can be logged in before they are automatically logged out. This time was reduced for a particular reason but as it is obviously causing problems I have decided to extend it to 20 minutes instead of 10. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure how it works. I would have thought that the programme was smart enough to recognise that someone composing a message was still 'active' but it would appear not.
However, if you do find yourself in this predicament all is not lost. Simply log on as usual, hit the BACK button a couple of times and you should find that your message is still there waiting for you.
Another tip to prevent you from losing your carefully composed masterpiece is to copy the text. Then, if anything goes wrong, you can just paste it back in.
Log in timeouts
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Re: Log in timeouts
The reason for this is that until you hit the "submit" button, the web-server doesn't actually know that you're doing anything. This is really useful for people paying by the minute on dial-up connections, because you can start composing your message, and then disconnect from the internet. When you press the "submit" button, your computer will automatically reconnect and send your message to the forum.administrator wrote: I would have thought that the programme was smart enough to recognise that someone composing a message was still 'active' but it would appear not.
If you're typing a long message, this can be a real money-saver.