Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-03-03 Thread Jon Thomson
the serving of our feeds to a different server setup in the future. Regards, Brendan. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Thomson Sent: 03 March 2006 09:19 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

Note on feed hostnames (was RE: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM)

2006-03-03 Thread Brendan Quinn
Okay thanks Jon. Let me know if you come up with anything. To clarify a point from my previous post, anything from News Online (ie content from news.bbc.co.uk) hosts its feeds on newsrss.bbc.co.uk, and you should continue to use that hostname. But for feeds originally on www.bbc.co.uk, we request

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-03-03 Thread Mario Menti
On 3/3/06, Kirk Northrop[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick B wrote: You obviously fixed it. I then left as every hour was too annoying. Can I get an update when I want ... e.g I want every 3 hours between 7am and 12am... Just a thought. Other than that, quite okay, it started working the last few

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-03-03 Thread Nick B
The IM server restarts too much. My friends don't boing more than once or twice a day. On 3/3/06, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/3/06, Kirk Northrop[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick B wrote: You obviously fixed it. I then left as every hour was too annoying. Can I get an update

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-03-02 Thread Nick B
You obviously fixed it. I then left as every hour was too annoying. Can I get an update when I want ... e.g I want every 3 hours between 7am and 12am... Just a thought. Other than that, quite okay, it started working the last few days. On 2/25/06, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-25 Thread Dan Brickley
* Gordon Joly [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-02-24 21:58+] At 21:37 + 23/2/06, Nick B wrote: I'm trying it with MSN Messenger, and have received nothing in days. Cannot use the command leave. And trying to join again says I'm already registered. Is it borked? Works for me. Here is

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-25 Thread Mario Menti
On 2/25/06, Kirk Northrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Brickley wrote: I guess the AIM version works then. I also signed up for MSN flavour of the bot, but haven't had any newsflashes...Same here.Probably best to take this off-list. From the sound of it, it seems there is a problem with pushing

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-23 Thread Nick B
De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Mario Menti Enviado el: Jueves, 09 de Febrero de 2006 08:40 a.m. Para: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Asunto: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM Another late night, another IM bot... Someone suggested off-line

RE: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-17 Thread Ladetto, Juan \(Sistemas LANACION.com\)
for you time. Regards Juan De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Mario MentiEnviado el: Jueves, 09 de Febrero de 2006 08:40 a.m.Para: backstage@lists.bbc.co.ukAsunto: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM Another late night, another IM bot...Someone suggested off

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-13 Thread Gordon Joly
At 14:03 + 9/2/06, Mario Menti wrote: On 2/9/06, Kirk Northrop mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bot doesn't seem to work for me - always offline? That's odd, they all seem to be online OK.. which network are you trying, and which client? The bots should be set to

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-10 Thread James Mastros
On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 00:17 +, Mario Menti wrote: Any more feedback/suggestions/problems, please keep them coming. Not sure how much I'll be able to do about it in the very short term (as a skiing holiday in my native Switzerland is beckoning), but issues and suggestions will certainly be

[backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-09 Thread Mario Menti
Another late night, another IM bot...Someone suggested off-line it would be nice to have an IM bot that pushes news to them automatically, without you having to request it. So I sat down last night and implemented something like this (pretty raw in its current state): - you contact the bot to

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-09 Thread vijay chopra
Good work, I'll have to try it out later, but I've been looking for somthing like this, so thanks, and keep up the good work.On 09/02/06, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another late night, another IM bot...Someone suggested off-line it would be nice to have an IM bot that pushes news to

RE: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-09 Thread Ben Metcalfe
I'm waiting to receive my first hourly newsflash, but it certainly looks cool. News have a desktop alert application you can download (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3533099.stm) but it would be good to translate the breaking news emails (http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/email/breakingnews) into IM

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-09 Thread Kirk Northrop
vijay chopra wrote: Yeah, I've seen the breaking news alerts thing, it's a bit bloated and intrusive, that's why I like the look of this IM bot. When all the bugs get ironed out, maybe the Beeb could look into making it official? The bot doesn't seem to work for me - always offline? -- From

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-09 Thread vijay chopra
I'm still at uni, so I havn't tried it yet, but there's no way it can be worse or more bloated than the official BBC 'breaking news' application; espicially as I keep google talk running anyway. On 09/02/06, Kirk Northrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: vijay chopra wrote: Yeah, I've seen the breaking

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-09 Thread Mario Menti
On 2/9/06, Kirk Northrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bot doesn't seem to work for me - always offline?That's odd, they all seem to be online OK.. which network are you trying, and which client? The bots should be set to auto-authorise new contacts, and should automatically show their status. If

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-09 Thread Kirk Northrop
Mario Menti wrote: That's odd, they all seem to be online OK.. which network are you trying, and which client? The bots should be set to auto-authorise new contacts, and should automatically show their status. If anyone else can't see them online, please let me know.. It's the [EMAIL

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-09 Thread vijay chopra
I couldn't see your TV listings bot as online when I used GTalk , however when I tried using it, it worked fine. Hope that helps.On 09/02/06, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/9/06, Kirk Northrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bot doesn't seem to work for me - always offline?That's odd,

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-09 Thread Mario Menti
On 2/9/06, vijay chopra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I couldn't see your TV listings bot as online when I used GTalk , however when I tried using it, it worked fine. Hope that helps.Thanks Vijay - I've noticed this a few times with the Talk client, also with human non-GTalk jabber clients. Sometimes

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-09 Thread Mario Menti
On 2/9/06, Kirk Northrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's the [EMAIL PROTECTED] one that isn't working. The News Flashone does.Strange, that one looks online as well. In general it's certainly possible for the bots to go offline (either by being kicked, or network/connectivity issues), plus they're

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-09 Thread James Mastros
On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 11:39 +, Mario Menti wrote: Someone suggested off-line it would be nice to have an IM bot that pushes news to them automatically, without you having to request it. So I sat down last night and implemented something like this (pretty raw in its current state): It's

Re: [backstage] Hourly news flashes via IM

2006-02-09 Thread Mario Menti
Thanks for everyone's feedback with this.A summary of suggestions received includes...- only showing headlines once (the current format is showing the news items most recently updated, so the same stories may re-appear if they've been updated, a little like hourly network news I guess) - being