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Icecast [mailto:icecast-bounces@xiph.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Fred Gleason<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 3, 2023
10:52 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Icecast streaming server user
discussions<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Icecast]
"Ghost" connections causing connection limit to be reached</span></font><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Feb 3, 2023, at 04:50, Tony Harding <<a
href="mailto:uktony@radiocompany.net">uktony@radiocompany.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Not that I am advocating for Shoutcast,
but it does have two features that would be useful, A ban list, and a maximum
duration setting. No one listens for more than 24 hours.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Human beings certainly don’t, but the use cases for Icecast are much
wider than merely streaming to individual listeners. E.g. broadcast
studio-to-transmitter links, where multiple-month long session durations are
absolutely typical.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Menlo><span style='font-size:8.5pt;
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Chief Developer |</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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