can screen protect me against dropped ssh connections?

[Eric Wood]

Thanks to dropped ssh connections I have hung user sessions on my 
server.  So I thought screen could help.

1. If a telnet/ssh connection drops, will screen auto-detach so that a 
subsequent login will reatach automatically and pick up just were the 
user left off?

2. I use Netterm, Anzio, etc emulators using "Linux-Console" emulation.  
My applications all emulate perfectly fine except when using screen, it 
messes the emulation up.  Is there a way to have screen just relay the 
raw characters back and forth instead of getting involved with any ansi 
emulation stuff?

thanks,
-eric wood