Subj : Re: I have an Idea
To   : Fireball
From : echicken
Date : Thu Feb 07 2013 04:12 pm

  Re: Re: I have an Idea
  By: Fireball to echicken on Thu Feb 07 2013 21:34:10

 Fi> I read that since JSON doesn't support namespaces, the XMPP protocol would
 Fi> be pretty complex, if not impossible, to implement for it. Another option

JSON doesn't need to get involved at any point.  We do have native XML parsing
at our disposal in Synchronet (3.15+, I believe.)

 Fi> would be to make a plugin for something like ejabberd to hit the sbbs user
 Fi> database for authentication.

Sure.  It might be fun to write the service anyway, though, and the service
having access to all kinds of data from the BBS might open up some interesting
possibilities.  (Of course, a client running on the BBS might be enough.)

 Fi> There is already a interBBS IM chat, just not a paging system. Could it be

Sure, the one I was talking about just works very differently, and we're using
it for answerable (tied to a hot key combination) "invitations" to things like
chat and games.

 Fi> possible to modify the existing service to a) allow for an external client
 Fi> to connect and wait for pages b) allow for an initiation of text chat via
 Fi> that client?

I haven't looked at the bundled SBBSIMSG thing in quite some time.  My
recollection is that:

a) The list of BBSs is tied to the Synchronet BBS list
b) User presence information is gathered via Finger, per BBS
c) The messages are delivered via SMTP?

To use an external client, that client would need to be a sort of fake BBS on
the SBL, to begin with, which really isn't ideal.

echicken
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