The_Piper Report post Posted September 13, 2008 During a short chat, some ppl mentioned to have a passive mail system on the PK server might be a nice idea. Passive means, you can send mails and you can check your mailbox manually for new mails, no automated notification like gossip does. Years ago i added such a feature to EternalTrivia, but then gossip came out and i stopped working on that, but the code is still there. You can try it on the main server right now. /EternalTrivia mails <== checks your mailbox/EternalTrivia mailto playername hello <== stores a mail for playername If option "Yes" wins, i offer to ask Radu for permission to run EternalTrivia on the PK server, so you can use that simple mail system there (and play EternalTrivia too, of course \ö/) All i need to do is to start a 2nd instance of the bot, thats it, no additional work needed. If option "No" wins, i am not going to ask Radu, no mail system wanted then. If the third option wins, we will see what happens. So vote and/or post your suggestions, comments, other/better ideas here! Piper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sywren Report post Posted September 13, 2008 Obviously Gossip would be great, but this seems like a good interim solution until she returns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bkc56 Report post Posted September 13, 2008 Would it be possible to have EternalTrivia PM a reminder to people with pending messages every 1-3 hours (for those to forgetful or lazy to check)? It would server as a reminder to get your messages. Another thought would be to post something to a public channel (@1, @3 or a new one) every few hours. Something like: [EternalTrivia @ 1] The following people have messages: bkc56, the_piper. In either case, I think the reminders should time-out after say a week, and the messages should time-out after perhaps a month. This would help keep the back-log from growing without bounds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Segor Report post Posted September 14, 2008 Something different my vote is just due to the fact that what exists atm would be hard to get used to use, at least in the beginning you can send mails and you can check your mailbox manually for new mails, no automated notification like gossip does. bkc already mentioned it, would be perfect if the code could be upgraded to send a message to players on log on or every 1h. Apart from all the rest, wtg Piper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woo Report post Posted September 14, 2008 voted yes will it be possible to send between servers? Gambit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted September 14, 2008 voted yes will it be possible to send between servers? Gambit Right now, no. But, of course, there the bot could send messages from one server to the other one. Thats just more work, but at least only a question of time, if Radu allows it. Piper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
handyman Report post Posted September 14, 2008 i voted yes Handy Thor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chosen Report post Posted September 14, 2008 I voted Yes too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProHibited Report post Posted September 14, 2008 Yes nice, As long as it never sends me an automated msg without me asking for it.. else it will just go on ignore.. ProHibited Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bkc56 Report post Posted September 14, 2008 I agree with Pro. I voted yes if there will be some kind of automated reminder system to let people know they have pending messages. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piggy Report post Posted September 14, 2008 Yes from me too. I can just try to make it a habit to check msgs after I log on. I'd also make it clear to all that msgs to me and not my alts is the way to go! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted September 14, 2008 Ok, latest idea: o more or less passive mail system o "mails" checks your mailbox o "mailto" stores a mail to another player o "notify" turns on hourly notification via PM (default) o "nonotify" turns off hourly PM notification about new mails o mails will stay for one week, after that, they will be deleted Comments? Thoughts? Suggestions? Piper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Segor Report post Posted September 14, 2008 fantastic. to be perfect only needs the inter-server function great work Piper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mc_boca Report post Posted September 14, 2008 voted yes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bkc56 Report post Posted September 15, 2008 mails will stay for one week, after that, they will be deletedI'd suggest two weeks at least. It's not uncommon for people to be gone a week just for a vacation/trip. Somewhere between two weeks and a month would be a good time. Other than that, the rest looks fantastic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isenwolf Report post Posted September 15, 2008 Wicked Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted September 16, 2008 Thanks to Radu, EternalTrivia is now up and running on the PK server. Join channel 124 to play a trivia game. Mail commands are: o mails <- checks your mailbox. o mailto playername message <- stores a mail to playername o notify <- enables a PM notification every hour about new mails (default) o nonotify <- turns off the automated notifying. Have fun with it! Piper Edit: You must send a PM to EternalTrivia with the mail commands, like /EternalTrivia mails Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isenwolf Report post Posted September 16, 2008 Woot woot, thanks Radu :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Segor Report post Posted September 16, 2008 Thank you The_Piper and thank you Radu Will try it when I get the chance to log. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Segor Report post Posted October 6, 2008 (edited) The_Piper could you please update the first post with a list of all the commands used in this system? I posted a link on the blog and I also believe that if the list is made people might get used to it faster. Is the system being used by a fair ammount of the PK Server players or a bit forgoten? I know I had forget a bit about it till today. Edited October 6, 2008 by Segor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProHibited Report post Posted October 6, 2008 Oh, The bot is ingame and running for quite some time now. Didn't notice it yet Great to have it here tho, tnx. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted October 7, 2008 The_Piper could you please update the first post with a list of all the commands used in this system? I posted a link on the blog and I also believe that if the list is made people might get used to it faster. Is the system being used by a fair ammount of the PK Server players or a bit forgoten? I know I had forget a bit about it till today. mails and mailto are the actual commands, just PM EternalTrivia like in the examples in the first post. And since the bot doesnt log any infos about mails, no idea how often it is used. Piper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TessAnna Report post Posted October 9, 2008 I love your mail system, ty Piper you rock! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites