Being logged off during edit of thread

[wbnethery3]

I get a little wordy sometimes, and tend to write long posts. I've noticed that even though I hit the Enter key and paste links during the edit process, and even though the little "auto-save" icon appears every so often, when I click "preview post" it takes me to a log in screen. Is there a setting that you can change that allows users to specify how long between auto-logoffs? I suspect the answer is "no" but wanted to ask. It is a bit inconvenient...

[wbnethery3]

For what it's worth, I appear to have found a workaround by checking the "Remember me" box when I log in... would prefer not to do that but it works.