diff -r f2293e8566f5 -r 407c428adb5b org/sonews/daemon/Connections.java
--- a/org/sonews/daemon/Connections.java	Thu Aug 20 18:41:21 2009 +0200
+++ b/org/sonews/daemon/Connections.java	Tue Apr 27 21:51:12 2010 +0200
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@
         while (iter.hasNext())
         {
           conn = iter.next();
-          if((System.currentTimeMillis() - conn.getLastActivity()) > timeoutMillis)
+          if((System.currentTimeMillis() - conn.getLastActivity()) > timeoutMillis
+              && conn.getBuffers().isOutputBufferEmpty())
           {
             // A connection timeout has occurred so purge the connection
             iter.remove();