TTQ B4U Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 My company only allows for our OWA connections public or private to stay valid for 5 minutes. Ridiculously short if you ask me. They won't change it on their end either. That said, is there a way to set up my PC or the browser to continuously ping or the server every 4 minutes so the connection will not time out? It's a huge PIA as I may click on an email, begin typing a response and then hit send, only to find out the system timed me out and my message is now lost. Inquiring minds want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 open cmd, type "ping server -t" minus the " " just an option. i suppose you could also write a simple bat file to do it also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 do they have VPN where you can just use a native outlook client, not OWA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 open cmd, type "ping server -t" minus the " " just an option. i suppose you could also write a simple bat file to do it also unless they dont allow ICMP echo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 do they have VPN where you can just use a native outlook client, not OWA? They won't allow it on my home PC just my laptop. I don't often use my laptop at home as all I use it for is email. I like working on my home PC as I have a 30" monitor too. I just was hoping there's a way or a script or something I could put on my home PC that pings the exchange server to tell it I'm alive. As in every four minutes, check my mail so that would then keep the connection open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 You can use selenium to script a web call for it, or cURL, or about 47 other scripting languages that do web calls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted May 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 You can use selenium to script a web call for it, or cURL, or about 47 other scripting languages that do web calls. E-N-G-L-I-S-H for us stupid folks. What do I download and place where so that all I do is clicky-clicky it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Is it web based? You could use something like VisualWGET to pull a page every few minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRN96WS6 Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 So they disabled the part on OWA (on the login page) where it says check here if this is a private PC and then you're always logged in? What version of OWA? I checked that box for my company and it never times out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 If you have your email client open all the time, just change the time interval for checking new email to every 1-2 minutes. There's an auto checking option in Outlook (if you're using it since you said exchange) that will check send a "send/receive" check to the server if you have new mail or not. I have mine set to every 1 minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted May 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 So they disabled the part on OWA (on the login page) where it says check here if this is a private PC and then you're always logged in? What version of OWA? I checked that box for my company and it never times out. I can check public or private but either case results in the same ridiculously short time out period. IT said their hands are tied, rules....blah blah. Is it web based? You could use something like VisualWGET to pull a page every few minutes Will look into it. If you have your email client open all the time, just change the time interval for checking new email to every 1-2 minutes. There's an auto checking option in Outlook (if you're using it since you said exchange) that will check send a "send/receive" check to the server if you have new mail or not. I have mine set to every 1 minute. my email client in this case isn't outlook on my laptop. It is the OWA web access system so that I can do email from my home computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Find out if they have vdi setup. My team just set this up for my company and everyone loves it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 E-N-G-L-I-S-H for us stupid folks. What do I download and place where so that all I do is clicky-clicky it? Selenium is a nice testing tool that records an action, in your case you will download the Selenium plugin for firefox and record yourself checking your email after you have logged in. Then set it to run every 3 minutes. The google guys know all about Selenium, just ask them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted May 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Selenium is a nice testing tool that records an action, in your case you will download the Selenium plugin for firefox and record yourself checking your email after you have logged in. Then set it to run every 3 minutes. The google guys know all about Selenium, just ask them. Thanks. Will try now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted May 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Selenium is a nice testing tool that records an action, in your case you will download the Selenium plugin for firefox and record yourself checking your email after you have logged in. Then set it to run every 3 minutes. The google guys know all about Selenium, just ask them. Okay so how/where do I set it to run every 3 minutes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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