Subj : I have an Idea
To   : Fireball
From : echicken
Date : Wed Feb 06 2013 08:55 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 paging/chat
 Fi> server (JSON?). The sysop  then runs a client program that will connect to
 Fi> the server and wait until there is a page. When the pager goes off it
 Fi> plays a configurable sound and asks the sysop if he wishes to answer and
 Fi> times out after a configurable amount of time. When the client is shutdown
 Fi> and/or connection is lost, the server will 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.

echicken
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