[JDEV] jabber:iq:oob problems

[Robert Temple]

great. thanks for the quick answers.

I guess it is a good thing to only be able to send/receive files
from known users (on your roster), since sent files could have
viruses, etc.

-Robert

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Saint-Andre [mailto:stpeter at jabber.org]
> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 11:43 PM
> To: jdev at jabber.org
> Subject: Re: [JDEV] jabber:iq:oob problems
> 
> 
> I thought so, just wanted to double-check by hearing it from 
> a true Jabber guru. :)
> 
> Keith Minkler wrote:
> 
> > yup, totally, I think the main reason is that an iq request 
> demands a responce.. if the user is offline, than there will 
> be no responce. the server will never store iq packets 
> offline, only messages
> >
> > -Keith
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 11:13:17PM -0700, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> > > Keith Minkler wrote:
> > >
> > > > > 1.  Server requires a Jabber ID resource.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, this is true.. the server will not route iq 
> packets to user at host, only to user at host/resource..
> > >
> > > Yep. But to address one of Robert's questions, my 
> understanding is that message packets routed to user at host 
> work because we check whether the user is online - if they 
> are not, then we send the message to offline storage. But the 
> same is not and cannot be true of iq packets. Is that correct?
>