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Questions tagged [messaging]

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Sending messages to another user

Is there any command to send messages through the Linux shell to other people on the same network? I'm using write user and then write the message itself. But there's any command that doesn't show my username or that I'm trying to message them The…
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How do I leave a message for another (local) user?

I know you can use write to send a message to a currently logged in user, but how do you leave a message for a user who is not logged in? The solution I have seen is modify the motd, but that will be displayed to all users. How can I leave a message…
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Write text messages between Unix and Windows

Is it possible to send text messages between two users of the same LAN, but the first running Windows with cmd and the second running Linux/Unix? I am not looking for an instant messaging service. I would like to type in the Linux shell something…
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A wall message warned of impending reboot or shutdown, but I missed the details. How can I obtain them?

While some output was being written to my terminal, a wall message passed by. It went too fast for me to read it. All I could tell was Broadcast message from The system is going down for And even most of that is an educated guess. Crucially, I…
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How to suppress a message from a program while installing it to use in a bash program?

PROBLEM: I have a program written in bash that does a lot of stuff like install new software on the system. One of the programs it installs has an extravagant message appear where you get some info about usage and the configuration file and what it…
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Is there a Ytalk IM successor?

Back in the stone ages, when men were men and women were women and Unix's competitor was VMS, Unix had a lovely talk (or ntalk, or ytalk) split screen IM command where you could talk and both parties could see what was being typed character by…
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How can I alert on completion of a long task over ssh?

My desktop is Ubuntu, which has the handy program notify-send, which pops up an alert on the desktop. It also has the following handy alias built in: $ type alert alert is aliased to `notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal ||…
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Which jabber client receives messages?

I have jabber clients on my computer (pidgin) and on mobile phones (im+). For now each message is received by arbitrary one of them (or so it looks). For instance, if a person sends two messages one after another, one can get into one client, the…
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Is there any way to send sms to a mobile number using shell script?

I want to send sSMS periodically to certain Mobile numbers (Indian mobile numbers.) Is there a way I can send an SMS with my own cellphone number or by creating an account on a site like way2sms?
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Universal inbox application?

I am looking for an application that would allow me to read (summaries of) all kinds of inboxes and social media such as Gmail, Facebook, Disqus, StackExchange, Twitter etc. Is there such a thing?
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IM program to support yahoo video calls

I have been trying to migrate to Linux from Windows during the past one year. Until I completely deleted my windows and I have been using Linux mint 15 for the last 30 days. I am really satisfied. I have one huge problem. I have relatives in other…
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Send message to another user

I can't send message to another user in spite of enabling message. I'm using ubuntu 20.04 on VMware workstation. Window 1 nguyenvanen@nguyenvanen:~$ mesg is y nguyenvanen@nguyenvanen:~$ _ Window 2 itachi@nguyenvanen:~$ write nguyenvanan write:…
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set XMPP priority of the jabber client in pidgin

I'm using pidgin Jabber client (pidgin-2.13.0-alt6 on ALT Sisyphus), and I'd like to set XMPP priority in pidgin. The reason: I'm also connecting to my Jabber account with another client from mobile smartphone (aTalk), and I'd like to set XMPP…
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How to install SMS Servers and Phone Servers?

If we want our servers to email, we know that we should install sendmail or qmail. If we want our servers to send SMS or robot calling (e.g voice confirmation [insecure method] ), what should we install on our servers?
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How to check usage of mqueues reliably?

I run a testing server for software that depends on the massive usage of mqueues (POSIX messages queues). I increased limits to a reasonable level and got it working a long time ago. However, the number of tests (and their mqueues) keeps rising and…
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