Automatic logout?

[Fingers]

If it's really bothering you why not ask one of the admins?
They are the guys who will know the answers to this sort of thing.

You mean that they -- the Technical people -- don't monitor the Help & Support / Tech Central threads?

[Fingers]

Try clearing your cookies, the session time out on the server has not changed.

Let me know how you get on, if its still a problem after clearing your cookies I will look further into it

Thanks, Wicked. I'll do that and report back.

[elgrego]

You mean that they -- the Technical people -- don't monitor the Help & Support / Tech Central threads?

Well I'm sure they do, when they have the time, but they have other things to do as well, like keeping the place running.
Stop nitpicking fingers it's getting tiresome, you had a reply from wicked on this.

[Fingers]

Try clearing your cookies, the session time out on the server has not changed.

Let me know how you get on, if its still a problem after clearing your cookies I will look further into it

OK, Wicked, I tried it. I still get logged out. This never happened until quite recently.

I tried two different approaches:

1. Cleared only the obvious FF cookie (there was only one).

2. Cleared all cookies.

Same result for both. I think it kicks in before 15 minutes of inactivity, but that's as precise as I can be at the moment.

[Fingers]

Well I'm sure they do, when they have the time, but they have other things to do as well, like keeping the place running.
Stop nitpicking fingers it's getting tiresome, you had a reply from wicked on this.

This is not nitpicking, ElG. I'm just trying to find out why the place isn't running as well as it used to, and hopefully get it fixed. It's surely the duty of every member to contribute to that goal.

I hadn't seen the reply from Wicked when I posed the question about monitoring. It probably came in while I was -- automatically -- logged out.

[Fingers]

I've timed it, Wicked, and it's between 15 and 20 minutes, so probably 20. This is if I'm logged in to FF, but not active.

In case it's relevant, I'm using Firefox 3.0.4 on Vista HB.

[SimonKemp]

I've timed it, Wicked, and it's between 15 and 20 minutes, so probably 20. This is if I'm logged in to FF, but not active.

In case it's relevant, I'm using Firefox 3.0.4 on Vista HB.

It's the same for me... I think that 20 mins of inactivity is about the right amount to get logged out in.

Think about it, 300 users logged in for 20 mins doing nothing means that the main server has 300 x 1024 bytes in the stack for nothing.

Maybe it should be upped if posters with a poor connection can't u/l 20mb in 20 min.

[Fingers]

It's the same for me... I think that 20 mins of inactivity is about the right amount to get logged out in.

Think about it, 300 users logged in for 20 mins doing nothing means that the main server has 300 x 1024 bytes in the stack for nothing.

Maybe it should be upped if posters with a poor connection can't u/l 20mb in 20 min.

So it has been changed, though I haven't noticed any performance improvement. It definitely didn't used to happen.

Just because people are logged in and idle according to the server doesn't mean that they're doing nothing. They might be reading a thread or preparing uploads or researching or whatever.

And what about the start-up overhead because people have to log in more often? Perhaps 60 minutes would be nearer ideal.

[safn1949]

I stay logged in for weeks at a time and don't get logged out until I run my cleaner to erase all of my temp internet files and cookies. As a matter of fact I have been logged in since the 26th of December this time around. So it's not a server problem as far as I can tell.

Now having said all of that,when I come to the main page I am not showing as logged in,but as soon as I navigate to the forum I am. Just my experience.

I also let the forum sit in the background at times for a couple of hours while I look for something elsewhere,same thing...no logout.

[SimonKemp]

I stay logged in for weeks at a time and don't get logged out until I run my cleaner to erase all of my temp internet files and cookies. As a matter of fact I have been logged in since the 26th of December this time around. So it's not a server problem as far as I can tell.

Now having said all of that,when I come to the main page I am not showing as logged in,but as soon as I navigate to the forum I am. Just my experience.

I also let the forum sit in the background at times for a couple of hours while I look for something elsewhere,same thing...no logout.

That's because you have ticked the "remember me" box.

Perhaps you should do that fingers dood cos I did earlier and I have been logged in for ages now without any activity.

and thanks safn! Hadn't thought of that.