Heimir Eidskrem wrote:
> That assumes that you have a word processor available.
> Many of our clients dont have that on their computers.
> If you use a public computer like in a hotel, etc you might not find
> it either.
>
> Telling people to use a word processor or even notepad does not go
> over really well.
> Telling them to use a different browser since Imail is all screwed up
> with their current browser does not go over well either.

I can grant all of that, but I must hasten to note that (a) one must set
the time-out limit somewhere and (b) no matter what limit one chooses,
someone will exceed it.  What is worse, the higher the time-out limit,
the less likely a user will be able to reproduce a lost message.  Given
that, it only seems reasonable to make it clear what the time-out limit
is and to provide some sort of work-around in the reasonable expectation
that the limit is not sufficient.

The set up here is with a small university campus, so have to balance a
fairly high number of connections with some important users who are
unacquainted with brevity.  I have set the idle time-out to 60 minutes
and as a consequence have occasionally run up against the session
limits.  Still, even with that sort of time-out, there have been cases
where individuals have lost their work because of the idle time-out
restriction.  At this point, however, it would seem that increasing the
time-out will not resolve the issue and will only increase the problem
with session  limits.

I should also apologize for having misinterpreted the original query.  I
had assumed that the higher time-out that Chuck had assigned had "taken
hold."  Consequently, I did not think to suggest that the web messaging
service would need to be restarted.  I also did not think of the using
the "save" feature in WebMail as an alternative to a word processor.

--jimm
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