Why do Windows sockets break after exactly 4 minutes?

[Garry Hodgson]

Geoffrey Talvola wrote:
> 
> I've noticed that Windows sockets seem to close all by themselves if there
> is no activity for 4 minutes.

your windows machine stays up that long?  wow!

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