[JDEV] delayed messages

[Bill Abbas]

Keith Minkler wrote:
> if you don't want messages to be stored offline, or to alert the sender, you can add a filter rule, such as <rule name="warn about offline storage"><unavailable/><offline/><reply>The Message you just sent is being stored offline until the user is available to fetch it</reply></rule>  this will still store the messages offline when you are unavailable, but it will also send back a message to the sender, indicating the "delivery problem".


Err, "filter rules"?  Where can I learn more about these "filter rules"?
:-) 


> if messages *cannot* be delivered, for any reason, (offline storage *is* delivery) the message gets bounced back to the sender
> 
> there is no way in the server to 'expire' messages... nor is there any need that I see.. I suppose in the future, I can implement a timeout on offline messages, such as <offline timeout="60"/> in your filter rules..


So if an IM gets sent to someone, and the recipient is not present, the
message gets sent to offline storage.  What if the recipient never logs
on again, does the message just sit there forever?  Or is that a
decision for the storage subsystem  to make?


Bill