Noel Paton wrote:

.....exactly the same!
Go to the Network and Sharing Center
Click on Manage Network Connections
go to the connectoid r-click and select Properties
in Options, check that "Idle time before hanging up" is set to 'never'
OK out

ALSO - check that WinMail is not set to disconnect after fetching
email..... ToolsOptionsConnection
UNcheck "Hang up after sending and receiving"
OK out

Noel,

.... and Microsoft think that killing a NG on their server will make it go
away? My original post, to which Rick has replied, was posted by me on over
five years ago on 17 October 2004. :-)
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Mike