Hi Damien, > > if you scan through the ils list on a difference basis (i.e. only > > changed and new users since last scan), you could just flag those users > > with an ldap field that their ip cannot be called. that way you'd have > > say gray, red and green users in the ils browser. > > It wouldn't be compatible with Netmeeting and old GM versions. well, we could just edit the comment field in that case and insert a high-bit char as #1 or as last. nobody will be annoyed, but GM does know it's a broken config. > > the gray ones are callable but busy. > > the red ones are not callable at all. > > Why display them then? to "explain" to newbies why those can't be called. it'll decrease the "well, i can call *NOBODY* on ILS" messages i hope. > > and the green ones are callable and not busy. > > > > if then gm would scan for this field set every once in a while (when > > registering/unregistering on the server e.g.) a popup could be displayed > > that a regular check has proven the setup to be non-working. > > > > at least for a non push-processing system (i.e. server can tell client > > directly) that seems to work fine at reasonable load to me. > > > > Objections? > > What is the advantage over solution 3? that it's no active server echo. so no client or fake client can DOS the server with requests that way. -- Best regards, Kilian
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