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echo: sync_programming
to: KenDB3
from: MRO
date: 2018-02-11 13:13:42
subject: SyncTERM feature request

Re: SyncTERM feature request
  By: KenDB3 to All on Sun Feb 11 2018 12:53 am

 > I'm not really sure of the best spot to post this, but I was wondering if
 > SyncTerm could get an option for some simple Keep Alive requests to be sent
 > every minute or so?

 > I've seen this in other terminal software, and it happens to help with
 > connections to my own BBS. I think whatever happens on my connection is due
 > to the firewall in front of the BBS dropping connections that do not appear
 > active, and I've got no way of shutting that off. But a keep alive seems to
 > do the trick with it. 

 > Thanks,
 > KenDB3


if you go on my bbs on bbs.eob-bbs.com you can see that i have an animated
prompt and pauses that actually keeps the user 'active' (i built in a
disconnect timer because of this).  it would be very easy to do

http://i.imgur.com/c5KEU9Q.png
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