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RE: new idea i had
When Messenger Plus came out. Windows Messenger quickly became my only IM solution. However I do miss the offline message function of ICQ...
It's true that a majority of my contacts used a hotmail address to create the .NET sign-in account... and only for that purpose. So spam or lack of need has made emails to offline contacts a less viable solution than a 'pending' type message that could be sent the next time that both the recipient and the sender were online.
I believe that implemented properly this could cause the rest of the IM community to gravitate towards MSN w/Plus.
Considerations:
- Offline messages should only be deliverable when BOTH parties are online for those who still know what their power button is for.
- email should still be sent to the recipient informing the receiver that an offline message has been sent at <send time> <send date> as well as the content of the offline message. Im sure Patchou and the team can figure out a fun way to do that.
- option to disable the reciept of offline messages globally or by user. This is just a guess, but I'm sure other people have people on they're list who they'd rather screen messages from. It would also help avoid offline spammers.
Just my 2 cents. If it doesn't happen, the product is still great. Thank you for considering this as an improvement.
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