>From the very first day I wrote a Jabber packet, I was looking for a Ping command. I would still like to see one.
I usually end up using IQ:Time, or IQ:Version as a ping. Almost everything supports this - clients, servers, bots, etc. I would still love to see IQ:Ping. -- Chris Mullins -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Saint-Andre Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:45 AM To: Jabber software development list Subject: Re: [jdev] XMPP Ping method? Scott Robinson wrote: > What is the proper method of performing a ping across a client XMPP > connection. That is, from a sever's perspective, if a client > mysteriously and unexpectedly drops off the Internet, it won't know it > until the TCP connection times out. Most servers use "whitespace pings". It would be good for us to document that method in an XMPP extension. Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre Jabber Software Foundation http://www.jabber.org/people/stpeter.shtml
