26Mar/053
sendxmpp
Nice application for sending all kinds of text (ie. cron outputs and warnings on machines you administer) directly to your JID or even chatroom!
Example:
[code]cat SOMETHING | sendxmpp -u SRC-USERNAME -p SRC-PASSWORD -j SRC-SERVER -t -s "SUBJECT" DST-USERNAME@DST-SERVER[/code]
March 27th, 2005 - 00:01
I am using simmilar custom tool (actually it is PHP CLI script) as a cross-platform replacement for smb message to send some message across local network.
I use it also in auto-messages like report about received mail (if there is new mail, and there is no IMAP connection to that maildir), about backup status and others.
What I am planing to do is to create a nice daemon (and Win32 Service) that will accept these messages and resend nice notice on user’s desktop. Then I will be able to send messages to any host on the network even if Jabber client is not active…
March 27th, 2005 - 09:28
If I understood correctly, one machine sends smb messages and the other, running this daemon above, translates these messages to nice local-display popup messages (if using X or something)? What happens if this other machine isn’t turned on?
March 27th, 2005 - 12:21
No, one machine sends XMPP message (like with this tool) over local Jabber server so it can handle offline messages.
And I am planing to write daemon that will show message as a popup window, or as a console message if X is not running. It does not exist now. Currently I am having GAIM loading at startup on all computers and it is working just fine but not that nice as daemon solution will be.