In some situations, you might find that bitlbee closes the connection on you.
The server channel will show something like '''Ping Timeout: 490 seconds'''.

If you think that it might work if only you could increase the timeout, here's how.
First, you need to find the bitlbee config file. It's probably a file called '''bitlbee.conf'''
in your config directory. The config directory is usually '''/var/lib/bitlbee/''' but you
can change it using the '''-d''' option.

The file might not exist, or it might be empty. Here's how to change the {{{pingtimeout}}}
option:

{{{
[settings]
pingtimeout=1200
}}}

The default is 300 seconds (five minutes).