On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:52:38 +0200, "Redd Vinylene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1) messaging offline users on my system? No e-mail please, I want
> something more concrete, something displayed immediately upon login,
> no need to go via a third party app.
Allthough it might sound strange - you've given the correct
answer. You can use the system's mail system, sendmail, in
offline mode.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% mail -s "Important change" tim
Hi Tim,
please note that our system changed -this- to -that-.
And put the T.P.S. report in my box.
Thanks!
^D
...
Login: tim
Password:
You have new mail.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% mail
& t 1
...
& d 1
& ^D
The mail program isn't a third party app, it comes with the
FreeBSD OS (base system). See /etc/mail/* for introduction.
For important notices everyone should see right after login,
you may use /etc/motd. Things that should be displayed prior
to the login prompt can be placed into /etc/issue.
> 2) talking to users logged onto my system? I find ntalk too
> frustrating, and ytalk too ASCII artsy. Anything else out there under
> the sun?
The normal talk utility isn't appealing enough to you? :-)
There might be a solution to use an IM client (e. g. for the
Jabber network), but this would require external accounts
and the installation of the proper client applications.
--
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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