Subj : Hello, guys! I've just joined this BBS! Any news?
To   : Airmailman
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Mar 19 2023 01:11 pm

  Re: Hello, guys! I've just joined this BBS! Any news?
  By: Airmailman to Digital Man on Sun Mar 19 2023 05:44 am

 > I've been on several BBS recently and they have a very strick timeout, maybe
 > 2 minutes so you really can't 'hangout' on a BBS when there is not enough
 > time to go get a cup of coffee or research something on the internet and
 > switch back over to the BBS. The other day I switched screens to spellcheck
 > something and when I came back the BBS had kicked me off.

The Synchronet default user inactivity timeout is 5 minutes, but the sysop can give individual users an exemption (H) from inactivity detection/hangup.

 > Now that people use telnet etc to connect, what is the purpose of such short
 > timeouts?

I suspect most sysops just leave the default setting. I didn't think 5 minutes was "short", but I suppose it could be easily extended.
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