([email protected] so other people can benefit from this discussion) On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Jay F Shachter <[email protected]> wrote: > Centuries ago, Nostradamus predicted that Mark Doliner would write on Tue Dec > 3 19:41:29 2013: > >> >> I think the online/offline status is not important. AOL, AIM, ICQ, >> Web-ICQ, Pidgin, etc. have no idea whether the person's phone is on >> or off. That functionality isn't supported by the SMS network. >> Moreover, SMS is a store-and-forward system, where if a phone is off >> or disconnected then text messages destined for that phone will be >> stored until the next time the phone connects to the mobile network. > > So Web-ICQ should do what Pidgin does, which is always show such > contacts to be online, since they are always contactable. That > Web-ICQ shows my contacts to be offline is then, perhaps, a clue, > indicating that the contacts were, perhaps, not added correctly.
Perhaps. Or it could just be a behavioral difference between Web-ICQ and Pidgin. To my knowledge there isn't much that can be wrong about the way these buddies are added. To my knowledge there isn't anything special about the buddies--they're just specially formatted usernames. > Does Web-ICQ show your contacts to be offline also? Yes, Web-ICQ shows my mobile contact to be offline also. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
