On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 18:34:01 +0000
Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > But is it really worth adding another option?
> > I see your point, but i see the other side as well. And it should
> > happen rarely that someone forgets to shutdown licq somewhere at
> > work, and if he really does it'd be better he don't forget next time
> > ;-)
>
> Yes, that's true. Also, if one has SSH access to the machine at work,
> one can sign login to that machine and kill the Licq process there,
> then login to their ICQ account from home. Another option is to have
> a UIN for work and another for home.
The latter doesn't seem to be quite usable to me, as it's the idea of a
UIN to identify me, no matter where I am. (At least that's how I think
about it.)
Logging into the machine via SSH might or migh not work. Considering
client-machines on a company network, they probably don't have an SSH
daemon up and running, and even if they would have, DHCP is often used
to get the IP address - so one would have to find out this first,
etc. ...
If the client only stops re-connecting if the UIN has been taken by
sbd. else, that's a perfectly useful and fine patch I've been waiting
for: It doesn't change anything else except for the behaviour in this
special case, which definitely is an improvement.
I haven't installed the patch yet (and I'm hoping it gets included
upstream), and according to Thomas the patch add's another option to the
preferences?
One might consider simply changing LICQ's behaviour without adding
another option, to keep things more simple.
Nevertheless, please include this functionality in the default version!
:)
Cheers,
Max
--
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<Cpt. Picard, "The Drumhead", StarTrek TNG>
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