Pascal Georges wrote:
Hi!
> > Actually, I think that FICS is just closing the connection
>> > if it does not receive any input for a certain ammount of
>> > time.
>>
>> FICS closes connection inactive (with no input) for one hour.
So I remembered correctly. :)
>> > I normally solve this by just sending a "." from time to
>> > time
>>
>> I used to send 'date' ;-)
Sounds a more sensible command. I was just to lazy ;)
> So I added code that sends a dummy command after 45 minutes of idleness.
> I hope this will not have bad side effects on FICS.
Thanks! :)
I think they can handle a single command evey 45 mins.
Marcins "date" sounds resonable as it is defined and gives a
normalised output you could even catch in case. If you fear
an effect on the server it could be a check box "use keep
alive" or something like that.
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