On Wednesday 31 August 2005 06:21 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 07:30:24PM -0400, Scott wrote: > > Is there a utility like M$'s "Net Send *" that will pop up messages on > > connected users' x-sessions? > > Not by default. Precisely, becuase it is insanely *stupid* to allow > some random host on the network to pop up a window in your GUI. MS must > not have been around when the X protocol was being developed, becuase > there are many reasons why things like xauth and magic cookies were > developed. Not the least of which is that you should be in *complete* > control of what pops up in *your* session.
And with that, I say what's wrong with running your own jabber server and using Psi? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
