Subj : BBS Software Timeout Values
To : Dennis Scott
From : Daniel Path
Date : Sun Apr 02 2023 08:19 pm
Hello Dennis,
19 Mar 23 07:20, you wrote to All:
DS> I posted this message on a local board but it really needed to be
DS> posted here I think, so...
DS> Many Sysops are wondering why there is not more users connecting to
DS> their BBS's and staying around for a while. Here's why I think people
DS> are not hanging around:
DS> I've been on several BBS recently and they have a very strick timeout,
DS> maybe 2 minutes so you really can't 'hangout' on a BBS when there is
DS> not enough time to go get a cup of coffee or research something on the
DS> internet and switch back over to the BBS. The other day I switched
DS> screens to spellcheck something and when I came back the BBS had
DS> kicked me off.
DS> That timeout is what kills people, well me anyhow, from hanging around
DS> to be available to chat etc.
DS> Now that most people use telnet, etc to connect, what is the purpose
DS> of such short timeouts?
DS> Every BBS that I logon to, I always check to see who else is online
DS> and the only one I ever see is _maybe_ the Sysop - usually 10 nodes
DS> setting there idol...
DS> Sysops, I suggest if you want a timeout at all, put a 30 minute or
DS> hour timeout, then watch to see if anything bad happens. Adjust as
DS> necessary.
