On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 14:33:32 -0700, Mark Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sep 7, 2006, at 2:28 PM, Martin Marques wrote:
>
>>
>> On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 14:21:30 -0700, Mark Edwards
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Wait a minute, are you guys really suggesting there should be *no*
>>> timeout? One of the primary uses for a webmail client is to view
>>> email on public computers. I sure as heck want to know that if I
>>> somehow fail to logout on a public machine, that my session will be
>>> closed for me.
>>
>> Enlighten me: WHat do you mean with "fail to logout"?
>
> Either forget to logout, or the logout doesn't complete properly for
> whatever reason (temporarily lost communication with the server, etc.)
>
> The point isn't *why* the logout fails, the point is that a session
> timeout is a safety feature in case, for whatever reason, a logout
> doesn't happen.
Closing the navegator SHOULD kill the session, AFAIK.
So, the only reason I see is if you leave the web browser open.
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