Title: How does the real-time Chat function work?
Last modified: September 17, 2026

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# How does the real-time Chat function work?

 *  Resolved [Marisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marisa2023/)
 * (@marisa2023)
 * [1 week, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-the-real-time-chat-function-work/)
 * I have been using Rencontre and it is a very good piece of software.
 * I was wondering about the Chat function.
 * Suppose two people are sending each other messages using Chat. Both people have
   the Chat window open, but don’t exchange messages for several hours. Will it 
   time-out automatically and stop?

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 *  Thread Starter [Marisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marisa2023/)
 * (@marisa2023)
 * [1 week, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-the-real-time-chat-function-work/#post-19022997)
 * It’s okay. I don’t need this question answered. I had a look at the code and 
   I understand it a bit better.
 *  Thread Starter [Marisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marisa2023/)
 * (@marisa2023)
 * [1 week, 4 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-the-real-time-chat-function-work/#post-19023464)
 * I noticed today a non-paying member can click the CHAT button and contact another
   member. I thought this was a problem. Then I noticed the recipient of the CHAT
   was a paying member.
 * I tried it with two non-paying members and the CHAT button was disabled.
 * So everything works perfectly. A chat can be started if only one of the two is
   a paying member.
 *  Plugin Author [Jacques Malgrange](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sojahu/)
 * (@sojahu)
 * [1 week, 4 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-the-real-time-chat-function-work/#post-19023497)
 * Hello Marisa,
 * That’s right—just one authorized member is enough to start a chat.

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 * Last activity: [1 week, 4 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-the-real-time-chat-function-work/#post-19023497)
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