16" barrel

[John Sabato]

I am totally perplexed by this TIMEOUT thing you guys are speaking about experiencing. I have used this forum for YEARS, and have never experienced a time out, no matter how long I have taken to create a posting.

I am going to experiment with this very post and see if I can force it to time out by waiting for 30 minutes before pushing the reply button.

If it happens to some but not others, then it cannot likely be the settings on the Lugerforum server or internet connection. More likely it is the configuration of either your individual machines, or your Internet Service Provider (ISP).

I typed this sentence at 08:56 AM EDT....

now for the timeout experiment.... I will not try to actually post this message until 09:30 AM... that should be a sufficient test...

The time is now 09:31 AM EDT... lets see if posting fails?

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

I am going to experiment with this very post and see if I can force it to time out by waiting for 30 minutes before pushing the reply button.

Apples and orangutans...Unless you have exactly the same PC/connection/ISP/etc, that won't tell you much...

I can tell you that because I am on a dial-up, and do Beta testing for Microsoft (among others), my ISP has disabled the disconnect timeout for my connection, as well as allowing me extended email capability (no limit on attachments). So it's not on my end. I have no problem on other Forums - but then, this is the only Forum (among a dozen I frequent) that encourages pics be posted *here*...

I would suspect the Forum timeouts when it thinks there has been no activity on an open "reply"post for more than 30 or 45 or 60 or whatever seconds...

About the only way I can get around it is to phrase my replies in Notepad beforehand and limit the pics to two per post...