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Wren Republic

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Join date: 19 Dec 2007

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01-01-2008 20:43

I am currently away from home and my SL, but I would like to drop a howdy to some friends who are currently in game. What is the point of letting me see which of my friends are online in SL and not offer me a way to contact them?!

Is there a way I can send an IM from the SL website to a friend in game?

Thanks!

Raymond Figtree

Gone, avi, gone

Join date: 17 May 2006

Posts: 6,256

01-01-2008 20:46

If you allow emails to be forwarded and a friend has sent you an IM from inworld that got forwarded in the last several days, replying to that email should reach them inworld. Works for me.

A friend of mine was going to distribute a system that let's you IM with people in-world when you are out, but it's not ready yet.

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Wren Republic

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01-01-2008 20:48

I do allow email forwarding. Unfortunately, the last email I recieved is one day too old to use for replying. Grrr! LOL

SuezanneC Baskerville

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01-01-2008 21:07

Try the email anyway if you haven't, it might work despite the fact that it is supposed to be good only for so long a time.

There are at least two web based SL clients, try ajax.net or http://movablelife.net/login.aspx

I don't know if Sleek is still working or not. You could try it. Sleek's at http://delta.slinked.net/

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Osgeld Barmy

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01-01-2008 21:15

if you never responded to the message tru email it will last a substantial amount of time but soon as you do that session starts to die, and you must be able to receive IM <-> to respond to a new message

Dekka Raymaker

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Join date: 4 Feb 2007

Posts: 3,898

01-02-2008 05:14

You may find this useful:

Welcome to KitCom! "The first and only tool to chat between Second Life and WWW."

http://www.sim2-0.de/kitcom/

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Vipsie Garfield

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Join date: 14 Mar 2007

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01-02-2008 05:49

although it is not (yet) an IM, you can send a message to your online friends as a green message line in chat:

http://sl.easy2reach.nl/

Wulfric Chevalier

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Join date: 22 Dec 2006

Posts: 947

01-02-2008 05:51

Try www.zonkster.com - allows you to send an IM inworld from the web, although you can't get a reply. You do have to go inworld to set it up.

Reax Radek

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Join date: 18 Nov 2007

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01-02-2008 11:27

Hey, I have an idea: Post a message is the SL forums and hope your friends see it and know send you an offline message that you can reply to.

Hypothetically speaking, of course, your friends may in fact be wondering where the heck you've been and be glad to hear from you.

Crystal Falcon

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Join date: 9 Aug 2006

Posts: 631

01-02-2008 13:12

From: Osgeld Barmy

if you never responded to the message tru email it will last a substantial amount of time but soon as you do that session starts to die, and you must be able to receive IM <-> to respond to a new message

Actually, it's five days (changed from three a long time ago) from when the message was sent to your email (having nothing to do with if you reply or not).

However if they send you another message (replying to your reply) it might get assigned a new address, so the previous one doesn't exist anymore and the five days counts from then on.

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how to contact a friend while I AM offline
Wren Republic Registered User Join date: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 3	01-01-2008 20:43 I am currently away from home and my SL, but I would like to drop a howdy to some friends who are currently in game. What is the point of letting me see which of my friends are online in SL and not offer me a way to contact them?! Is there a way I can send an IM from the SL website to a friend in game? Thanks!
Raymond Figtree Gone, avi, gone Join date: 17 May 2006 Posts: 6,256	01-01-2008 20:46 If you allow emails to be forwarded and a friend has sent you an IM from inworld that got forwarded in the last several days, replying to that email should reach them inworld. Works for me. A friend of mine was going to distribute a system that let's you IM with people in-world when you are out, but it's not ready yet. _____________________ Read or listen to some Eckhart Tolle. You won't regret it.
Wren Republic Registered User Join date: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 3	01-01-2008 20:48 I do allow email forwarding. Unfortunately, the last email I recieved is one day too old to use for replying. Grrr! LOL
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	01-01-2008 21:07 Try the email anyway if you haven't, it might work despite the fact that it is supposed to be good only for so long a time. There are at least two web based SL clients, try ajax.net or http://movablelife.net/login.aspx I don't know if Sleek is still working or not. You could try it. Sleek's at http://delta.slinked.net/ _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Osgeld Barmy Registered User Join date: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 3,336	01-01-2008 21:15 if you never responded to the message tru email it will last a substantial amount of time but soon as you do that session starts to die, and you must be able to receive IM <-> to respond to a new message
Dekka Raymaker thinking very hard Join date: 4 Feb 2007 Posts: 3,898	01-02-2008 05:14 You may find this useful: Welcome to KitCom! "The first and only tool to chat between Second Life and WWW." http://www.sim2-0.de/kitcom/ _____________________
Vipsie Garfield Registered User Join date: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 3	01-02-2008 05:49 although it is not (yet) an IM, you can send a message to your online friends as a green message line in chat: http://sl.easy2reach.nl/
Wulfric Chevalier Give me a Fish!!!! Join date: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 947	01-02-2008 05:51 Try www.zonkster.com - allows you to send an IM inworld from the web, although you can't get a reply. You do have to go inworld to set it up.
Reax Radek Registered User Join date: 18 Nov 2007 Posts: 9	01-02-2008 11:27 Hey, I have an idea: Post a message is the SL forums and hope your friends see it and know send you an offline message that you can reply to. Hypothetically speaking, of course, your friends may in fact be wondering where the heck you've been and be glad to hear from you.
Crystal Falcon Registered Silly User Join date: 9 Aug 2006 Posts: 631	01-02-2008 13:12 From: Osgeld Barmy if you never responded to the message tru email it will last a substantial amount of time but soon as you do that session starts to die, and you must be able to receive IM <-> to respond to a new message Actually, it's five days (changed from three a long time ago) from when the message was sent to your email (having nothing to do with if you reply or not). However if they send you another message (replying to your reply) it might get assigned a new address, so the previous one doesn't exist anymore and the five days counts from then on. _____________________ TP to Crystal's Facets in world: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kress/120/5/146/ Shop my natural AO poses, clothing, tools with XStreet:

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