Subj : Re: I have an Idea
To   : echicken
From : Fireball
Date : Thu Feb 07 2013 06:09 pm

 >   Re: I have an Idea
 >   By: Fireball to All on Thu Feb 07 2013 03:02:03
 > 
 >  Fi> Set a flag in scfg to remote paging which enables the remote
 >  Fi> paging/chat server (JSON?). The sysop  then runs a client program that
 >  Fi> will connect to the server and wait until there is a page. When the
 >  Fi> pager goes off it plays a configurable sound and asks the sysop if he
 >  Fi> wishes to answer and times out after a configurable amount of time.
 >  Fi> When the client is shutdown and/or connection is lost, the server will
 >  Fi> mark the sysop unavailable.
 > 
 > It might be best overall if the "page the sysop" function on the BBS side
 > were just a simple client that could connect to an instant messaging
 > service (Google Talk, etc.)  Wherever you are, you're likely to have an IM
 > client on your phone or laptop or whatever, so you'd get the "page" message
 > and choose whether or not to respond to it.  No need for a custom
 > notification system or anything like that, just a Jabber client for
 > Synchronet - which might already be kludgeable via stuff that's already out
 > there.
 > 

Very good point! There is a javascript jabber library already out there;
https://github.com/sstrigler.

The problem I see with a client/client is there needs to be a server somewhere
in there. Connecting directly to google's servers requires a google account
for each bbs user. Now if one could figure out how to setup a jabber server
with google talk access (not hard to do really), and import the users from
sbbs so they could each use it to connect to the service via user@bbs.com,
that'd be cool. Then the paging could be bidirectional.

Of course, using a google server would be optional if you're running your own
jabber server. As a matter of fact, we could like jabber servers much like the
irc servers are linked, and have our own jabber network.

Fireball

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