I leave xboard open and connected to Internet chess server (ICS). After a while, because of what I think is it not sending any data to server, the connection dies. Due to the way TCP/IP works, the fact that the connection died is only known to server in some 20-30 minutes.
Is there a way to make xboard do something -- such as, if my understanding above is correct, send some dummy messages to server every few minutes -- so that I don't encounter the above issue, and can leave xboard connected to an ICS for days?
