diff -r f2293e8566f5 -r dd05c3f2fa24 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	Fri Dec 25 15:42:46 2009 +0100
@@ -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();