> Many Sysops are wondering why there is not more users connecting to their
 > BBS's and staying around for a while. Here's why I think people are not
 > hanging around:

 > I've been on several BBS recently and they have a very strick timeout,
 > maybe 2 minutes so you really can't 'hangout' on a BBS when there
 > is not enough time to go get a cup of coffee or research something
 > on the internet and switch back over to the BBS. The other day I
 > switched screens to spellcheck something and when I came back the BBS
 > had kicked me off.

Use netrunner.  It sends NOOPs on a regular basis and generally doesn't
disconnect.

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