Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:27:49 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Redd Vinylene" <reddvinylene@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to best communicate with my users Message-ID: <20080826112749.93383963.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <f1019d520808260152n148812b0m4f4376d9813654ea@mail.gmail.com> References: <f1019d520808260152n148812b0m4f4376d9813654ea@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:52:38 +0200, "Redd Vinylene" <reddvinylene@gmail.com> 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. redd@system:~% 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. tim@system:~% 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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