Does ichat have an automatic logout function for being inactive

Question

I'm doing a project for my A+ certification class and i dont know if mac ichat will time out my video chat for inactivity i am running a snow leoperd OS
Thank you for your time,

Answer 1

Hi,
In the General Section of the iChat Preferences there is a setting that will set the Status of iChat to Away if you become Idle.  ("Set my Status to Away after the computer is inactive")
Idle is the time without any keyboard or mouse (User Input) to the computer.
iChat will show you as Idle after 10 minutes (although there are ways to change this).
So this leaves iChat being in one of 4 states:-
Available and Active.  (Green blob next you your name on other people's Buddy lists)
Available but Idle.  (Amber Blob next to Name)
Away but Active on the computer  (Red Blob next to your Name)
Away and Idle.  (Not shown in iChat Buddy Lists unless you mouse over the Buddy's name - Other apps do differentiate this.)
As  a Video chat could be a long time (several hours) without you making any keyboard input so the Idle time does not apply during an Video or Audio Chat.
I have never come across a Video time out period.
Technically they last until one end or the other actually ends the chat or some other external factor causes the chat to end.
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