--- a/libpurple/connection.c Thu Jan 17 21:08:20 2008 +0000 +++ b/libpurple/connection.c Wed Jan 23 23:28:38 2008 +0000 @@ -52,8 +52,19 @@ PurpleConnection *gc = data; PurplePluginProtocolInfo *prpl_info = NULL; - if (gc != NULL && gc->prpl != NULL) - prpl_info = PURPLE_PLUGIN_PROTOCOL_INFO(gc->prpl); + if (gc == NULL) + return; + + /* Only send keep-alives if we haven't heard from the + * server in a while. + */ + if ((time(NULL) - gc->last_received) < KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL) + return; + + if (gc->prpl == NULL) + return; + + prpl_info = PURPLE_PLUGIN_PROTOCOL_INFO(gc->prpl); if (prpl_info && prpl_info->keepalive) prpl_info->keepalive(gc);