Subj : Session Time Outs...
To   : Digital Man
From : Time Warrior
Date : Tue Jun 07 2005 09:34 pm

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

  To: Digital Man
  Re: Session Time Outs...
  By: Digital Man to Time Warrior on Tue Jun 07 2005 02:23 am

 > To: Time Warrior
 > Re: Session Time Outs... By: Time Warrior to Digital Man on Mon Jun
 > 06 2005 06:53 pm

 >  >  >  > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

 >  >  >  > I think it would be cool to specify the session time out minuites v
 >  >  >  > level instead of globally. Just a suggestion.

 >  >  > Are you talking about the inactivity warning/time-out? Give your users
 >  >  > exemption if you want to disable it for them.

 >  > Not disable. Set the mins PER access level. It's a feature request.

 > Yeah. I don't understand *why* you would want to different inactivity
 > warning/time-out per security level. Heck, the fact that it's configurable a
 > all I think makes it pretty flexible! <shrug>

Most BBS Softwares (that i've noticed anyways) have the opinion of 
configuring it. However, as for why would per asc be a good idea? Both a good 
and very fair question! :-)

Lets say your a Sysop and you are in a message scan but are also bouncing to 
and from the PC. Well, it's your BBS, why get timed out? At the same time -- 
you might not want Joe-average-user to be able to park indefinately. So you 
set LEVEL 99 to unlimited and LEVEL 50 to "XX" mins.

Now lets say you're trying to do things like encourage message posting, 
etc... one of the bennefits of complying and thus getting your access raised, 
is more time leniancy on the session time out. If they just ran to the 
bathroom for 10 mins and were in the middle of a message scan, obviously they 
are doing something productive on the BBS (not leeching files or just logging 
on, parking and forgetting about it) so you'd want your more deserving users 
to be allowed more leway with that.

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