How Long Before We're Considered Inactive?

Ben Horne · #1 (**permalink**) April 25th, 2004, 08:59 PM

Hi,

I don't think I understand this very well but I'll do the best I can.

Anyways, is there any length of time that has to pass before we are considered to be inactive? If we're inactive (not participating) for a long enough time, do our memberships get deleted?

Ben Horne
Madison Area Technical College - Truax
3550 Anderson Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53704-2599

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bluckcuck · #2 (**permalink**) April 26th, 2004, 08:01 AM

No.

Bruce Luckcuck
Director, Applications & Support Services
Wiley Publishing, Inc.

Ben Horne · #3 (**permalink**) April 26th, 2004, 08:24 AM

OK,

Thanks for this. The reason I asked about it was because at the Dane County Humane Society(where I volunteer), we are considered "Active" as long as we put in 1 hour a month. I just thought that the same thing might apply to these forums

Ben Horne
Madison Area Technical College - Truax
3550 Anderson Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53704-2599

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"There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who claim to be Flash junkies and those who actually are Flash junkies"

nikolai · #4 (**permalink**) April 27th, 2004, 05:24 PM

The only thing that can expire on the forums is your "remember me" login cookie. That cookie gets renewed each time you log in. I forget what the expiration is on the cookie. Basically, if you don't access p2p.wrox.com for, say, two weeks, then the site will not remember you and you'll have to log in w/ your username and password.

Otherwise, you're automatically logged in when you access the site.

Take care,

Nik
http://www.bigaction.org/

Steven · #5 (**permalink**) April 27th, 2004, 08:11 PM

The cookie expires a year after your last login

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Ben Horne · #6 (**permalink**) April 27th, 2004, 09:24 PM

Steven,

How do you know that the cookie expires in a year?

Ben Horne
Madison Area Technical College - Truax
3550 Anderson Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53704-2599

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"There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who claim to be Flash junkies and those who actually are Flash junkies"

bluckcuck · #7 (**permalink**) April 28th, 2004, 07:31 AM

No, the autologin cookie expires after 30 days. It gets reset every time you return to the forums.

How do I know that? Because I programmed it that way. :D

Bruce Luckcuck
Director, Applications & Support Services
Wiley Publishing, Inc.

nikolai · #8 (**permalink**) April 28th, 2004, 07:20 PM

Damn straight!

Take care,

Nik
http://www.bigaction.org/

Ben Horne · #9 (**permalink**) April 29th, 2004, 10:55 AM

Ahhhh!

I see. I think it's gonna be a helluva long time before the 30 days is up for me cuz I log in pretty frequently at home

Ben Horne
Madison Area Technical College - Truax
3550 Anderson Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53704-2599

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"There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who claim to be Flash junkies and those who actually are Flash junkies"