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- From: MFLEMING@CSBINA.CSUBAK.EDU (Michael Fleming)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet
- Subject: Disabling TALK Politely
- Message-ID: <921216084957.100d7@CSBINA.CSUBAK.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 8:49:57 -0800 (PST)
- Organization: Info-Multinet<==>Vmsnet.Networks.Tcp-Ip.Multinet Gateway
- X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List
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- I'm trying to prevent people "TALKing" to my users on node CSBOAA.
-
- I've done the following on node CSBOAA:
- $ mu sh/vers
- TGV MultiNet V3.1 Rev A, VAX 4000-300, VMS V5.4-2
- $ mu config/servers
- disable talk
- disable ntalk
- restart
-
- When I go to node CSBINA and try talking to CSBOAA with "talk system@csboaa" I
- get the following:
- TALK 3.1(9) ------[Checking for invitation on caller's machine]
- and sit there with no notice that talk is disabled on the remote node. Not
- polite. I get the same notice whether system@csboaa is logged in or not. Very
- impolite.
-
- When I'm on CSBOAA and try "talk mfleming@csbina" I get the following if the
- remote user is logged in:
- TALK 3.1(9) -----[Trying to connect to your party's talk daemon]
- When I go to node CSBINA and respond with "talk system@csboaa.csubak.edu" I get
- the following:
- TALK 3.1(9) ------[Checking for invitation on caller's machine]
- and sit there with no notice that talk is disabled on the remote node. Down
- right rude.
-
- By the way, CSBINA is configured as follows:
- $ mu show/ver
- TGV MultiNet V3.1 Rev A, MicroVAX 3900 Series, VMS V5.4-2
-
- IMHO, if talk is disabled on a node, then the calling party should be informed
- of that. Also, initiating talk on a node where the talk server is disabled
- should not be possible if in fact there is no way for the called party to
- respond. Is there something I still need to do to make this happen (short of
- modifying the talk or any other code) or am I out of luck?
-
- Thanks,
-
- Michael Fleming, Computing Consultant
- California State University, Bakersfield
-
-