Hi
Does anyone know how long you can make a single IM in-world? I know there is a cap on the number of IMs to send at once, but how about length?
It's sometimes convenient to leave a message for someone via IM, even though they are offline. Especially if such IMs are forwarded to email.
But what is the limit for this?
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Brann Georgia
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01-31-2008 08:07
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Phil Deakins
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01-31-2008 08:10
I don't know, but I'd guess that it's 256 characters, or a few characters less than that. I'm pretty sure it's more than 128 characters.
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Phil Deakins
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01-31-2008 08:15
Big correction: it's 1023 characters.
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Trout Recreant
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01-31-2008 08:27
The best way to send someone a really long message is to put it on a notecard and give them the notecard. It's easier to read for them, they can save it and come back to it if they're too busy to read it right away, and it's easier for you to edit (IMO). You can also stick attachements in notecards like photos and things.
1023 characters is a lot. I've sent a few long IMs since it's usually how I do ratings, but I've never even come close to 1023. _____________________
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Fayruz Bashir
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01-31-2008 08:38
The best way to send someone a really long message is to put it on a notecard and give them the notecard. It's easier to read for them, they can save it and come back to it if they're too busy to read it right away, and it's easier for you to edit (IMO). You can also stick attachements in notecards like photos and things. 1023 characters is a lot. I've sent a few long IMs since it's usually how I do ratings, but I've never even come close to 1023. Problem with the notecard is that you can't see what is in the notecard in an e-mail, only that someone sent you something (and the cap thing). Problem with IM is that you can lose the information in the IM if you are not logging it, and/or do not have it set to be sent to e-mail; and/or have IM capped and SL is messed up, and even though you have it sent to e-mail, the IM doesn't go through. _____________________
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Crystal Falcon
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01-31-2008 11:05
Why not send shorter ones? If they are sent right after one another, they get combined into one email...
 I disagree about sending a notecard, which is both lost when IMs cap and how would the recipient know you've sent them one? The recipient email only says so and so "has given you inventory in SL. Log in to accept or decline" or something like that, while an IM says what you want to say!  _____________________
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Ciaran Laval
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01-31-2008 11:07
Big correction: it's 1023 characters. Unless you use a character set like Japanese and then it's less. |
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Madhu Maruti
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notecard length limit?
02-01-2008 07:02
A related question that doesn't seem to merit its own thread: is there a length limit on notecards?
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Jig Chippewa
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02-01-2008 07:11
I always send short ones:
Yes, baby Yes Yes babe C'mon babe Yes _____________________
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Yosef Okelly
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02-01-2008 07:32
I always send short ones: Yes, baby Yes Yes babe C'mon babe Yes Is it getting hot in here? Or is my mind in the gutter again  |
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02-01-2008 07:45
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Jig Chippewa
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02-01-2008 07:50
I like park benches, alley ways and those cute little shop fronts, also. BUT seriously believe that short messages are much beter than watching your acquaintance/partner/etc fiddling away in empty space and coming up with some inane comment about the price of eggs.
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Jig Chippewa
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02-01-2008 07:51
Both, but we like your mind in the gutter. Notice Yousef the PLURAL - WE - talking to LittleMe and me would be like having a conversation with a vibrator. _____________________
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