Was it Justin MacCarthy who wrote on Friday 01 February 2002 11:09:
> Hi,
> Are you sure this because he is idle or could it be due to a bad line? It
> is usually windows that hangs up after idle time, there is a setting in
> Dail UP Networking where this can be set / unset... If none of that works,
> how about using outlook to check for mail every 5 mins an account , that
> you are sure to get no mail ... well except spam :-) Other options ICQ ,AIM
> should all keep a connection open..
Not that - We tried the mail thing with popcorn (small e-mailer) and the line
dies.
>> Just a few thoughts , what ISP btw?
>
NTLWORLD - they're cheap (free basically), but a bit stingy with it.
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