i understand the difference hard/soft timeout.
but i was questioning more of its use for email application.
thus, i wonder how others are using the hardtimeout.
any ideas?
i agree make the hardtimeout value way out leaving only the softtimeout to handle the session.
James A Baker writes:
On Saturday, Aug 30, 2003, at 00:45 US/Central, rkl wrote:
what it is doing:
it is timing out on the hardtimeout even if i'm active into the last minute.
what i expect:
the hardtimeout expiration to be extended from my last activity.
it seems odd that i'm kicked out at a fix interval even though i might be actively using the mail.
-do you agree?
Ohhh!
No.
That's the definition of the difference between hard and soft timeout, I believe.
The softtimeout is an inactivity timer. The hardtimeout is for forcing a disconnect after that long using the system. Nothing odd there.
If you only want the inactivity timer, set hardtimeout to something obscenely long like 86400 (a day) or 604800 (a week). That should take care of your problem. =)
-jab
