[Perna]

I was working on a reply and when I went to submit it was told I wasn't authorized to do that and needed to refresh and log in! I'm trying to watch the football game :-) but didn't think I took that long; was thinking hard and working on my reply! I think that's the second time that has happened; anyway that the software can be "taught" the difference between inactivity and thinking too long? :-)

[pegasus]

You need to tick the 'remember me?' box when you login, then if you get logged out it remembers you and your post.

[DocJohn]

The login timeout is 30 minutes. We cannot make it any longer than that, because is the same amount of time used to show a person is "active" on the "who's online" screen.

AOL users, especially, need to click on the "Remember me" box.

When writing a long reply -- any long reply on any forum or community online, whether it be a PM or post -- your most reliable, safest thing to do is to compose the reply locally on your own computer in a word processing program or notepad. That way you always have a copy saved in case something goes wrong in posting it.

I know I've had the same thing happen to me, and it's always frustrating, but there's little else we can do/recommend, sorry.

DocJohn

[pachyderm]

> The login timeout is 30 minutes.

I need a clock in my head.

[nonightowl]

I guess this is a related topic...I've had trouble logging out of PC period! The screen will turn a shade of gray when I say "Log Out", THEN the dialog that pops up asking "are you sure?" and "yes" or "no" will disappear before I have a chance to respond. I mean it goes away in less than a second!

Then, sometimes it will log me out, sometimes no (if I manage to react in time!). Weird....

It doesn't happen all the time though...One of those things!