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  • 29-03-2017 6:57pm
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    mart 23
    Registered Users Posts: 327 ✭✭


    Is there a time limit when writing a post in a Boards thread


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,304 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Kind of. Once you're logged in you're given a session cookie. It could expire after you've started writing something and before you actually post it, meaning there is a possibility of it making you be logged out when you actually hit the post button. This could also be made more possible if you're using any kind of privacy mode to limit or forcifully expire cookies earlier.


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    mart 23
    Registered Users Posts: 327 ✭✭mart 23


    Spear wrote: »
    Kind of. Once you're logged in you're given a session cookie. It could expire after you've started writing something and before you actually post it, meaning there is a possibility of it making you be logged out when you actually hit the post button. This could also be made more possible if you're using any kind of privacy mode to limit or forcifully expire cookies earlier.

    Hi
    Could not the system flag the poster that He/She has been logged out and prevent the poster continueing with their post I have lost a post because of this today. Can a lost post be retrieved and posted.


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,304 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Cookies are managed client side, including their expiry, so it couldn't be tracked from the server side.


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    mart 23
    Registered Users Posts: 327 ✭✭mart 23


    Spear wrote: »
    Cookies are managed client side, including their expiry, so it couldn't be tracked from the server side.

    How does a client managed Cookies to prevent been logged out when posting


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,304 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Because the client obeys the expires time on the cookie and no longer presents it to the server when the post is sent.


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    mart 23
    Registered Users Posts: 327 ✭✭mart 23


    Spear wrote: »
    Because the client obeys the expires time on the cookie and no longer presents it to the server when the post is sent.

    With not been familiar with the workings of Cookies How do I see what is the expiry time of the Cookie allocated to the post. As far as I can understand with what your saying Its the Cookie that determines the expiry time of the post Why cant Boards It system determine the expiry time of the Cookie allocating a reasonable time for posting


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,304 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    The client presents the cookie which is checked to show login status. If the cookie expires, the client doesn't present it at the time of the post, and the server considers you as logged out at that point. It's a cookie per user and their session, rather than per post.


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