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Perhaps patchou should think about making Plus module based so that people can make there own Auto Responders and stuff?

Or are you guys happy with the same stuff day in day out?

there is an aoto responder. try to type /yeahright in a convo. and you could make a plugin to do it.

http://www.msgplus.net/index.php?view=plugins

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Originally posted by ka0z
Perhaps patchou should think about making Plus module based so that people can make there own Auto Responders and stuff?

Or are you guys happy with the same stuff day in day out?

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Can you please tell me what i would use a auto responder for?
This means you wouldn't talk right? it would talk for you...
I thought MSN Messenger was made for us to talk to our friends an family etc.
It might just be me, but i don't get it.
Thanks for any info on what this would be any good for would be nice.

Btw, I think Plus! is great how it is, any new versions of Plus! can only get better

i think that a bit of a mean thing to say ka0z Patchou does his best! but you are allowed to have your own opinion why do i always sound so nasty?

I think it is another possibility instead of releasing source/dll/tut/whatever. Cause indeed auto-responders are in great demand.

The use? simple fun.... If you don't find it usefull, then you don't find the auto-away message usefull IMO.

An auto-responder is more then auto-away, you could do more things with it. (creating a bot for example)

So, in short, don't make it module-based but make the plugins a bit more complex so that one can write his own respond plugin so it can react on what your contact sends you. (which isn't possible now)...

I think it's a nice global idea...

Thanks for the info.
I don't use the away messaging that much at all.
You said it would be for fun, then said "If you don't find it usefull, then you don't find the auto-away message usefull IMO" the away message is for fun?
Maybe i need more info, because what you said wasn't much.

hehehe, yeah...
well, what I mean was:

Away-messages are very usefull (you're away, someone wants to contact you, you can leave a message that says something like: "I'm away, but leave a message and I'll contact you". Just like a answering machine)

If the plugin-system would allow it, you could write your own auto-responder. Something like: "press/type 5 if you want to know more about me, press/type 1 to leave a message for company A, press/type 2 to leave personal message, etc..." (usefull)
Or you can make a bot (fun).

Thanks for more info CookieRevised.
Now i know what it's all about.
It does sound like it would be a good idea.

Don't worry about ka0z, he's from MSN Fanatic and all he can say is "make Plus module based, make Plus module based, make Plus module based" all day long in all his posts.

I have no intention to transform Plus! into a gigantic module based software with a lot of crappy modules doing half of what you want everytime. If you like a software that does nothing by itself, use Trillian (which is a great product, it just doesn't target the same users). As for bots, again, you can do it in a lot of ways already, why would I add this capability into Plus! ? it would only encourage Microsoft to contact me to say that Plus! does illegal things and must be terminated (because yes, bots are illegal on the Messenger network since last october).

@Patchou
An idea maybe:

If you happen to reconsider the releasing of code, dll etc sometime, then why not implement a similar thing to what google do for there API, you have to have a developer key in order to use the dll, and this is checked in an online database. Dont have a key, you cant use the API, maybe a similar thing could be used in a perhaps plus dll, if a program is released which is found to be trojanised, contains viri or etc, you can terminate the programs key on your own database, you could have the control that is a.) i believe needed and b.) i believe is deserved.

  If google can do it without been ripped, then I think you could too.

Just a simply idea, anyway Patchou, keep up the good work, ignore this idea if u want, i just wanted to stick my nose in (sowie )