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CHANGE LINKDROP, LINKDROP

Use change linkdrop <seconds> to set your inactivity limit to <seconds>. When that time elapses without any command having been received, the connection is automatically closed just as if you had voluntarily dropped link.

Automatic linkdrop is handled just as if you had voluntarily broken link: it sets your wimpy level to its maximum and it makes you void faster, unless you have noquit or novoid.

If your link is shaky this feature may be worth using to ensure you get the linkless flag quickly (due to the vagaries of the Internet, MUME often cannot detect that you have lost link for several minutes otherwise). Some players combine this feature with a client-trigger on the timeout warning message (WARNING: inactivity timeout).

Automatic linkdrop is off by default; you turn it on by specifying a timeout in seconds. A timeout of zero switches auto-linkdrop off again. Whenever you rent or MUME reboots/crashes, timeouts are switched off again.

What is MUME?

MUME, Multi-Users in Middle-earth, is a multiplayer text-based online game based upon J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth during the epic wars of the late Third Age between the forces of the Dark Lord and the armies of the Free peoples. MUME is completely at no cost and has been continuously running, expanded, and remastered by a community of volunteers since 1991.

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