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Shay_Ben-David1
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Mar 25, 2007

HTTP limit does not reduce sessions

Hi, i used the HTTP session limit on my web, but i can't figure why the total connection of the hhtp does not reduce, but only increased and after few minutes the site can not serve, and i have to rem...
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David_Horton_20
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Jun 27, 2007
I encountered exactly the same problem, I not sure what triggers the event myself, it does seem to vary according to serveral factors (client browser, traffic level, etc.). I got around it by using CLIENT_ACCEPTED to increment and CLIENT_CLOSED to decrement, this is not 100% reliable but is good enough, I just reset my count every so often (couple of times a month) using the count in the statistics page to keep it accurate.