One of the most prevalent programs that I have seen cause this problem is
ICQ. It periodically sends message to make sure it is still connected to
the ICQ server.
Doc Simmons

At 6/27/99 11:39 PM , Rick wrote:
>Just a thought...
>It almost sounds like something might be running in the background
>keeping your connection "live".  Is your e-mail program set up to
>check your mail every so often?  Anything else you can think of?
>                    Rick Glazier
>----- Original Message -----
>From: David Jonathan Justman <[log in to unmask]>
> > I need a good freeware or shareware program which will automatically
> > disconnect after my connection to my ISP has been idle for a preset
> > time.  The MS dialer function which is supposed to do that seems to
> > have died.

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