[JDEV] Presence probes and AIM transport

[David Waite]

Right, the initial log-on state for Jabber is 'unavailable', which means you
will only receive messages if they are sent directly to you, you will never
receive offline (pending) messages and won't see other user's presences.

This also is useful if you want to log in and out for a specialized purpose, say
a servlet to do account administration.

-David Waite

> At 15:08 Uhr -0600 12.09.2000, Tim McCune wrote:
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> >That seems like a better way for it to work, but I never got it to
> >work that way.  The only way I can ever get the server to send me any
> >kind of presence information is to send it the probes.  Otherwise,
> >the only presence messages I get are when someone on my roster
> >disconnects.  Is there any kind of documentation out there with an
> >example of how this is supposed to work? (Yes, I read the JPG
> >already.)
> 
> Tim,
> 
> this sounds as if you forgot to send an initial <presence/> message 
> out! If you don't send a <presence .../> at least once, you won't be 
> informed about presence (and others won't be informed about your 
> presence).
> 
> This is on purpose - e.g. specialised apps could use it. Your jabber 
> enabled fridge would not send out a presence, but you could still 
> message it, and it could still message your shopping mall if your 
> milk needs to be resupplied :)
> 
> 
> Bye,
> 
> Max
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