Shoutbox

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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I happen to be currently working on a script that can do that

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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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Thanks Jesus for your help.

In the meantime I'm reading the documentation about Scripting so that I may understand what you code

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