I'm searching for a script that alerts me with an EMAIL when a specified contact goes online.
I don't find it.
Do you confirm that it doesn't exist?

It doesn't exist, but it should be VERY easy to make... I'm sure that someone can put a simple script together for this (I'm really busy atm)

Why do yhou want it as an email though? I don't see the purpose of that (might just be being dumb)

If it help, I offer $20 via Paypal for such a script

You can create this in Plus! preferences, customize, event notification

Urm, there is a way to show you when a contact is online and its not a script but it doesnt alert you by email.
If you want it anyway just:
Right click the contact > Messenger Plus! Features > Event Notifications > Create New Notification.

That's the best way in my opinion I've tried both ways.

If you're not going to be online, you could get it to send a message to yourself (I seem to get email copies of offline messages so I assume others do)

If you're not online, then such a script wouldn't work either...

And if you are online (in whatever status), you can always revert to your event log and sort on contacts comming online.

If the argument is that after a crash or something you still want to know who came online before the crash, then again the events log will fix this since it can be saved to a file....

I don't quite see the purpose of the email notification either... Except for the case that you're far away from your computer (other town) and you need to keep track of who logs in. But in that case, a remote handling script can do this too, or even remote assistance, or any other remote tool or variant...

"Plus! preferences, customize, event notification" only offers Popup and Sound notifications. No email option. 

"Right click the contact > Messenger Plus! Features > Event Notifications > Create New Notification" only offers Popup and Sound notifications. No email option. 

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Originally posted by lucavilla
"Plus! preferences, customize, event notification" only offers Popup and Sound notifications. No email option. 

"Right click the contact > Messenger Plus! Features > Event Notifications > Create New Notification" only offers Popup and Sound notifications. No email option. 

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The purpose of receiving the notification via email is this:

At home I leave my PC connected with MSN Messenger.
At work I can receive emails but I can't run MSN Messenger using the standard Internet connection because it's filtered.
If an important friend comes online I want to be notified by an email while I'm at work so that I can connect with a secondary dial-up line just for a chat with this friend.

Dear lucavilla,

I have exactly the same need as you (though I need a notification for another purpose). I find it amazing that Live messenger does not include the possiblity to run a command upon an alert (maybe V9.0 ?)

Playing a sound or displaying a pop-up is fine, but running a command  triggered by an event is the only way to build an automated process.

So far the only way I've found to do that is to install a small software called StatusChangedNotifier, which includes this feature (among others). It lets you run a command (.exe or .bat or whatever executable file).

you can download it here (it's a freeware)
http://www.01net.com/telecharger/windows/Internet.../fiches/32492.html

The only problem is that I've some doubts about the stability of the program. Sometimes it works and sometimes not --> check it yourself

I'm still looking for a more stable tool, but meanwhile it can help.

If you manage to find one, please let me know.

Best regards & best wishes

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Originally posted by ragnar
I have exactly the same need as you (though I need a notification for another purpose). I find it amazing that Live messenger does not include the possiblity to run a command upon an alert (maybe V9.0 ?)

Playing a sound or displaying a pop-up is fine, but running a command  triggered by an event is the only way to build an automated process.

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Originally posted by Jesus
I happen to be currently working on a script that can do that

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I just released a first functional version: get it here


edit: now all you still need is a command to send an email to yourself