Automatically IM specified person while you're away?

xSMASHxHOUSEx · Post by **xSMASHxHOUSEx** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:03 pm

Just wondering if there's a script or something that'll allow you to IM somebody on your buddylist with a specified message -- while you're away -- as soon as they sign on.

I can't count how many times I've needed to pass something on to one of my buddies, but they weren't signed on, and I couldn't wait around to send the message. The option to email or maybe even call the person is usually there, but I have a number of friends who don't check their email regularly. And as far as calling, well......it's easier to remember important things when it's in writing.

So yeah, just wondering...I've always thought this would be a cool idea...

Post by **bgannin** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:16 pm

Get Info on the contact and go to the Alerts tab, add an alert event that will send them a message the next time they sign on and type the message in the field. Tada!

TheSilverFox06 · Post by **TheSilverFox06** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:04 pm

Or you can try sending them a message when they're not signed on, and when the alert comes up to tell you that they're not signed on, select "send later". Your message will automatically be sent the next time that buddy signs on.

itrev82 · Post by **itrev82** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:38 pm

Does this work for buddies that dont have Yahoo? I know Yahoo has a offline messages feature, but I have never tried it with a AIM buddy.

David Munch · Post by **David Munch** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:55 pm

itrev82 wrote:Does this work for buddies that dont have Yahoo? I know Yahoo has a offline messages feature, but I have never tried it with a AIM buddy.

It also works for AIM and ICQ. Dont know about the other ones, but MSN definately doesnt.

Post by **evands** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 12:33 am

Adium's Send Later depends upon you being online and will send the next time you and your buddy are both online. It is not protocol-dependent.

It's a convenience for Contact->Get Contact's Info->Alerts->Add Alert and adding an alert for Event: Contact Seen, Action: Send Message, From: your current account, To: the specified contact, Message: the desired message.

xSMASHxHOUSEx · Post by **xSMASHxHOUSEx** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:42 pm

I use AIM, and I tried sending a message to somebody who wasn't online, and I didn't see anything about "Sending Later". It's cool though, next time I'd need to do something like this, I'll use the Alert feature.