John, You are misinterpreting what was said. A while ago, we checked with a number of node operators, and found that a 'keep alive' ability was no longer an issue. Before that, keeping a connection alive was seen as bad practice.
Since version 7.02, DX4WIN has a keep alive feature (not well documented): In the dx4win.tcp file, add a vertical bar at the end of the line followed by an integer. The integer field is the number of minutes set for the timer. When the user types a character in the packet window, the timer is reset to start over again. From the dx4win.tcp file, the following entry: 25 spots OH2AQ,http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx25.html?|3 This download the last 25 spots every 3 minutes. Same field can be added to telnet addresses. --Paul At 08:06 AM 4/9/2007, n4dsp wrote: >He has addressed this. About three years ago I asked about this and was told >this was not considered an important issue! > >john-n4dsp > >>How many years have users been complaining about this Jim? (rhetorical >>question) It's strange that Paul never addressed it... >>Mel... >>VE2DC > >_______________________________________________ >Dx4win mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dx4win.com
