On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 01:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Iain Shigeoka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 1/14/02 7:05 AM, "John Reinke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> For example, if there are two groups of jabber users that work in > >> two separate departments of a company (groups ABC and DEF), I'd > >> like to be able to send a message to ABC or DEF, and it will go to > >> all the members of the respective group. Even if I could select > >> multiple recipients, I wouldn't want to select all their usernames > >> each time I send a message to everyone in a group. > > > Otherwise, this is something that either: > > > The client implements (like an email mailing group) - I don't know > > of a client that does this. This is more "email" style > > functionality and I don't know of any Jabber clients that favor > > email-like interactions (although I've only looked a few so there > > are probably some out there). > > I'm not sure what the semantics would be in this case. Where do > replies come?
For my purpose, it would be more like the "reply" than the "reply to all" feature in some email clients. I only need to send a notification to a group. If someone needs to reply, it would only need to go back to the originator of the message - me. > > Create a groupchat group - use standard groupchat (conferences). > > Setup a group, then have everyone join it. Any message sent to the > > group will get relayed to everyone in the group. > > Setting up an anonymous, or randomly-named, group seems like a pretty > good fit for expectations. JIM allows the creation of "instant > rooms", and you can invite an entire roster group at once. > > Right-click on the group, Invite To Room/Create Instant Room. Thanks for the tip. I not only could invite a group, I can make them part of a conference room template as well. This may provide a usefull alternate. John _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
