[JDEV] Winpopup compatibility, multiple recipients

[Mike Mintz]

I now have the component up (temporarily) at:

http://hypothetic.org/list.py

It makes use of the jabber.py python module, and it
can be downloaded at http://jabberpy.sourceforge.net/
and requires Python 2.0 or later.

I don't have any instructions up yet, but it is pretty
self-explanitory.  Just edit the variables at the top
to match your server, and add an entry in your
jabber.xml for a component with the appropriate port,
subdomain, and secret.

The component works by allowing users to subscribe and
unsubsribe to group at host, where group can by anything,
and host is the hostname of the component.  When a
message is sent to a group from a member of the group,
the message is then sent to every user subscribed to
the group.

Groups are created by just subscribing to a group with
no members; there is currently no control over groups.

I hope this helps!
 - MikeM (mikem at jabber.org)


--- Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter at jabber.org> wrote:
> Ah, okay. I'll track him down personally, even if I
> have to go to the ends
> of the earth (well, maybe just Anchorage, Alaska).
> :)
> 
> Peter
> 
> --
> Peter Saint-Andre
> email+jabber: stpeter at jabber.org
> weblog: http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/
> 
> On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Dave wrote:
> 
> > It doesn't have a URL yet, AFAIK.  All I know is
> that mikem was testing
> > it out on my server a while ago.  It's written in
> Python, I believe.
> > 
> >  - Dave
> > 
> > 
> > Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> > > 
> > > URL?
> > > 
> > > Peter
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Peter Saint-Andre
> > > email+jabber: stpeter at jabber.org
> > > weblog: http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Dave wrote:
> > > 
> > > > mikem has a nice server-side solution for #2.
> > > > It's a group messaging transport.  You
> subscribe to
> > > >
>
whateveryouwant at whateveryoucallthetransport.yourhostname.yourdomain,
> > > > and then anything sent to that address gets
> forwarded to you.
> > > > 
> > > > Dave Cohen <dave at dave.tj>
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Brock Nanson wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'm not sure that this is the correct forum
> for this, but it was
> > > > > suggested by a contact involved with one of
> the clients out there!
> > > > > 
> > > > > I understand that many jabber clients will
> also function with other IM
> > > > > services.  What I haven't seen is whether
> any of the clients allow
> > > > > interaction with winpopup.
> > > > > 
> > > > > We have two offices connected by a VPN with
> samba boxes doing browse
> > > > > syncing etc.  Browsing with windows boxes
> works across the WAN.
> > > > > Winpopup does as well.  However, it
> apparently only sends to an
> > > > > individual or a work group.  Because of how
> the browsing works across
> > > > > the WAN, I can't have more than one
> workgroup on either end (unless I
> > > > > add additional samba boxes).  So IM using
> winpopup can go to only one
> > > > > recipient or a whole workgroup.  Clearly
> this is clumsy, but we live
> > > > > with it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I recently added a Linux workstation to the
> mix.  No winpopup, although
> > > > > I understand there is a linpopup out there
> somewhere.  However, this is
> > > > > the time to look for a better solution.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Jabber seems an obvious choice as it allows
> me to run my own server.
> > > > > This is useful for both security and
> bandwidth reasons.  So features I'd
> > > > > be interested in seeing (or suggestions of a
> client that allows any of
> > > > > these ideas) are:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 1- the ability to interact with winpopup
> > > > > 
> > > > > 2- the ability to configure groups
> (pseudo-workgroups) and point and
> > > > > click a message to the members in one go.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 3- the ability to select graphically all
> desired recipients of a single
> > > > > message.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I think two and three are included in ICQ,
> but I don't want to blast
> > > > > inter-office stuff all over the internet if
> I can help it!  I haven't
> > > > > found a jabber client that will do this, but
> I haven't installed them
> > > > > all... However the documentation I've
> scanned doesn't seem to mention
> > > > > these abilities.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Any comments this might evoke would be
> appreciated.  Please CC me as I'm
> > > > > not yet on the list...
> > > > > 
> > > > > R Brock Nanson, P.Eng.   bnanson at true.bc.ca
> > > > > TRUE Consulting Group
> > > > > 201 - 2079 Falcon Road
> > > > > Kamloops BC V2C4J2       www.true.bc.ca
> > > > > (250) 828-0881      fax: (250) 828-0717
> > > > > 
> > > > >
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