Can someone help me interpret this line from rfc 3921 section 8.2 6) that explain how the contacts server stores a subscribe message offline if it cannot be delivered to the contact:
"if not, the contact's server MUST store the subscription request offline for delivery when this condition is next met; normally this is done by adding a roster item for the contact to the user's roster, with a state of "None + Pending In"" How can the contacts server add anything to the users roster which resides on another server? If the roster item is meant to be stored in the contacts roster then that brings me to my next question. How does the contacts server determine if it can include a roster item in response to a "roster get"? Section 9.2 seems to touch this: ""None + Pending In" = contact and user are not subscribed to each other, and contact has sent user a subscription request but user has not replied yet (note: contact's server SHOULD NOT push or deliver roster items in this state, but instead SHOULD wait until contact has approved subscription request from user) " This is according to 9.2 from the users perspective so its talking about a roster item in the users roster? I dont get this section either. If the "owner" of a roster with a roster item in the subscription state "None + Pending in" sends a "roster get" should the owners server then hide this item? If thats the interpretation then if the owner had the same item in state "None" before the request was sent to the owner, that means the item went from visible to hidden without the owner doing anything other then being offline when receiving a subscription request? Kind regards Søren
