auto-accept plugin

[novakry]

Hi,

I was wondering if there is or will be an auto accept plugin, this will automatically accept webcam, file transfers etc. this can then be filtered so only certain users can have files and webcam requests etc automatically accepted.

sorry if there is already one, i had a quick search around. had no luck with finding one, so i though i would ask.

cheers

novakry

[square87]

Hello Novakry.
At the moment it's not possible. But it is a nice idea, maybe one day...
Maybe you already know that actually there is only "Automatically accept File Transfer requests" option that works for all users.
Thanks, bye.

[ICD]

i think the main reason this hasnt been done yet is because of the security issues, eg, someone you dont know just sends you a file infected with a virus/spyware etc. this sort of plugin [especially for windows users] could potentially make many pc users vunerable. mabye a list of of who to accept transfers/wecams from automatically [only users you know and trust] would be a good idea if this plugin/feature was made, but if i were using windows i wouldnt use it.

[square87]

Hello ICD
It is the same thing enabling "Automatically accept File Transfer requests" ... but with an option/plugin like that it will be more "secure"... and anyway windows is already a virus
Bye

[kakaroto]

yeah, you can enable the autoaccept for file transfers. it doesn't hurt to download the file as long as you don't "open" it.. so if it's a virus, instead of 'rejecting' the file transfer, you can just delete it (in case you were away from pc), and it's useful if you were away and you wanted to be there to accept that one file someone tried to send...
anyways, about webcam, it's another issue, yes, autoaccept on reception would be nice, but autoaccept on sending is a security issue, if you do that, then you would be open to have anyone spy on you ... (you write to your friend "going to the shower brb", your friend waits 5 minutes, sends a request to receive your webcam, it gets accepted, he watches your room for a few minutes until you're back from the shower and get changed, etc.. without you noticing that the webcam is online... that's dangerous).
anyways, there's already a plugin for webcam, it's called camserv and available in amsn-extras repository. ( you give a list of users you want to allow sending webcam to, and they need to enter a password to make it send the webcam).

[Mitsuhashi]

I made by myself the required modify.
I've added a checkbox in the preferences window with a specific setting "Auto accept webcam request".
When selected, if any user request to see your webcam, the trasmissione is activated automatically.
When not selected the request to accept o refuse appear as usual.

To made this require only 3 line of code in two files .tcl
If anyone is interested can ask me those line here. ;-)

[felip3]

I made by myself the required modify.
I've added a checkbox in the preferences window with a specific setting "Auto accept webcam request".
When selected, if any user request to see your webcam, the trasmissione is activated automatically.
When not selected the request to accept o refuse appear as usual.

To made this require only 3 line of code in two files .tcl
If anyone is interested can ask me those line here. ;-)

will that work when someone offers you his webcam?
if it will, please enlightme with those 3 wonderful lines :

(yeah i know i just could hit accept, but im very lazy)

[Tuxy]

Since Mitsuhashi doesn't answer, I'll post the changes I made for this functionality.
This patch provides on a per contact base the option to autoaccept filetransfers and webcam requests.
I added 2 options in the User properties -> Settings -> Chat box
I agree with kakroto that this might cause a privacy-issue, but I think it's pretty easy to split the "auto-accept webcam" in separate send/receive webcam options. The fact that this autoaccept is set for each contact separately makes it less of an issue. In my case I set this option only for my girlfriend for who I have no secrets
The patch can be downloaded here

Maybe one of the developers can take a look at it ... I'm not a programmer, but it works for me. I also think that the autoaccept for filetransfers should be an option per contact and not a global option, so maybe you guys can change that in a future version (just my 2 cents)

To apply this patch, download it in your aMSN folder (where the main TCL scripts are), or in your source folder and run

Code:

patch -p1 < aMSN.autoaccept.patch

The extra text I use is only available in the english lang-file

Hope you guys find it useful

By the way: this patch is for version 0.97.2

[kakaroto]

Hey Tuxy!
Very nice patch, I have no comments about it (which is extremely rare!!!!)
And this is a very nice first post, so congrats, thanks and welcome to the aMSN forums and community!
I'd like to apply this patch as I think it's pretty nice and does not really cause this privacy issue because of the per-user setting.. it will also make the properties window even more customizable.. so I like it! I wonder what the other developers think.. if they agree with it, we'll put it in SVN and have it in our next release.
Thanks for sharing!

[Tuxy]

Thanks!

Keep me up to date on what the other developers think!

My next challenge will be tougher ... I'd like to have the webcam displayed similar to Live Messenger, with the webcams replacing the display pictures in the chat window. Not that I would want aMSN to be an exact replica of Live Messenger, but the separate windows for each cam is something I really don't like ... I want to see the cam(s) when I'm in my chat window ...
Any idea if this is a completely new request or is someone already working on that?

[kakaroto]

you're welcome. I'll keep you updated on what the others think when I get an answer from them..
About the webcam feature, it's not a new request, we get that a lot... but noone is working on that unfortunately! It should actually be quite easy to do once you figured out how it works... if you need help, just ask! (in a separate thread).

[PjhN]

I'd love to have a per-contact accept file-transfer/webcam request! Please add it to the SVN!

I know it's a little off-topic, but re. having webcam sessions replacing display pictures (like WLM); I don't know about anyone else but I'd much prefer that as an option, not a change. Personally, I use AlwaysOnTop on any webcam window I have open, so I can see what they're doing all the time without having the whole chat window needing to be in the foreground, thus allowing me to continue with whatever else I was doing and alt-tab to the chat window when I want to reply to something. I find the detached webcam window extremely useful, and would really appreciate it continuing at least as an option, if not the default behaviour.

[billiob]

I think this patch should be applied.

[kakaroto]

PjhN: don't worry, we're aMSN, you know us! We're all about customization and giving you the power to do whatever you want... The way I saw it was to have a 'detach/attach' small little icon on top of the webcam image (like the pause/stop images) in order to have it embeded or as a standalone window.. and of course remember the choice you made...

[billiob]

I've committed the patch!

Thank you.