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Old 11-06-2009, 03:42 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic View Post
You can always have it "remember" you, in which case the forum uses non-expiring cookies. The reason for a 900 seconds time-out is to reduce the risk if someone forgets to log out when borrowing someone else's computer.
As I mentioned earlier I do not like the remember option either. And back in school it wouldn't be 15 seconds before some had done something stupid if I had left the computer unlocked, so 900 is plenty...

So in my opinion 15 minutes is just plain wrong and a few hours would be the correct choice.
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