2016-02-15 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] broadcast message

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From: NeonJohn <jg***d@neon-john.com>
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UTC Datetime: 2016-02-15 08:03:08 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 10:03:08 -0500

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On 02/15/2016 06:23 AM, Timothy White wrote:
> Hi John
> 
> There isn't any way I can think of for doing a broadcast message. Assuming
> everyone keeps the status window open, we could probably implement
> something there. Alternatively, we could put an alerts message on the login
> page, but that wouldn't be seen unless they were trying to login.
> 
> In the future, we might collect email address, in which case an email to
> everyone would also work.

That would probably be the best solution.  I'd like to be able to
announce when the machine is going to go down for maintenance.  Also
alert everyone when bandwidth is short (I resell HughsNet that is capped
at 15Gb/month).  Capturing emails of everyone except free users and
having a "broadcast" button to mail to them all would be wonderful.

> 
> Regarding Desktop vs Server edition. The main issue with Desktop is Network
> Manager can sometimes screw with the network settings. As long as you get
> the network config right in /etc/network/interfaces, you should be fine.

I can handle that.  I think :-)  I need the GUI for all the other admin
stuff plus the occasional actual work that gets done on that machine.

Thanks again for all your hard work.  We really appreciate it.
John


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