A question about cookietimeout

[julius]

Can anybody please explein me what does this function in control panel mean?


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cookietimeout


This is the time (in seconds) that a user must remain inactive before the unread posts are reset to read.

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Thank you

[Wayne Luke]

Exactly what the description says.

When new posts are made they show up as Unread in the forum display for XXXX seconds. After that time is up all posts that haven't been read are marked as such.