MBOX-Line: From MRC at CAC.Washington.EDU  Thu Nov 23 16:48:16 2006
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Mark Crispin <MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:38 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] RFC 3501 section 5.4 Autologout timer
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On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> So, if you do change the errata, please mandate a minimum 5 minute timer 
> in pre-authenticated state so that we can retain some robustness in the 
> protocol

Sadly, just about every attempt to legislate against stupidity in protocol 
specifications have been miserable failures...  :-(

Isn't 5 minutes excessive?  Nobody has ever complained about UW imapd's 3 
minute timer.

-- Mark --

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