[JDEV] Mass communication

Thu Jan 31 10:43:24 CST 2002

FYI, this is in the FAQ:

http://docs.jabber.org/general/html/faq.html#AEN367

Peter

--
Peter Saint-Andre
email+jabber: stpeter at jabber.org
web: http://www.saint-andre.com/

On 31 Jan 2002, Casey Crabb wrote:

> Sending a message to all online users:
> send a message to your host with resource announce/online
> example:  <message to='floobin.cx/announce/online'><body>Blah blah
> blah</body></message>
> 
> Setting the MOTD:
> send a message to your host with resource announce/motd
> example:  <message to='floobin.cx/announce/motd'><body>This is the
> motd</body></message>
> 
> You must be configured as an admin user to do this.
> 
> Hope this helps...
> -Casey
> > You might want to look at Jabber:iq:admin
> > It provides the functionality for setting a welcome message; sending a
> > messages to all users currently on the system; and viewing who is
> > currently on the system.
> > 
> > Unfortunately I can't find all the documentation on it right now: the
> > viewing who is currently on the system can be found here :
> > http://docs.jabber.org/general/html/faq.html  just search for
> > jabber:iq:admin
> > 
> > I'll try to find more documentation on the other pieces when I can. If
> > you're pressed for time take a look at the IMCom jabber client; it
> > implements the jabber:iq:admin functionality and its open source.
> > 
> > -Casey
> > 
> > On Wed, 2002-01-30 at 15:33, Doug Claar wrote:
> > > I have a couple of questions about Jabber; sorry if this isn't exactly the 
> > > right forum.
> > > 
> > > I see that I can add conferencing to jabber, and that it can be set up as 
> > > "public" or "private", but I'm not real sure what the difference is. Is the 
> > > only difference that people can see the public conferences from their client, 
> > > but have to know about the private ones?
> > > 
> > > Also, when I start a jabber client, I get a welcome message from jabberd. With 
> > > at least one client, this comes up as a chat window, and I can even "talk" to 
> > > the server (although it never answers:-). Is this just the form that the client 
> > > has chosen to display the welcome message in, or can I use that window to 
> > > somehow control the server? (What I'd really like it to do is, when someone 
> > > types in this window, it would go to all of the people signed up for the 
> > > server. Ideally, if they are away, it would queue up the messages). Is this
> > > just a "small matter of programming?" Or is the capability buried in there 
> > > somewhere...
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > ==Doug Claar
> > > 
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > jdev mailing list
> > > jdev at jabber.org
> > > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > jdev mailing list
> > jdev at jabber.org
> > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> jdev mailing list
> jdev at jabber.org
> http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
> 