Pidgin has an option to Insert Image, but when I use XMPP this feature is not available
Has anyone solved this problem?
Although XMPP supports images it's up to the plugins to have the protocol-specific code written for each:
The only protocols that support the "Insert Image" function in Pidgin are GG, ICQ, MXit, MySpace, Sametime, SILC and AIM. Other protocols, including IRC, Bonjour, Yahoo Messenger, MSN and XMPP, support file transfers but not direct image transfers.
People have asked about this in the past, but it looked like only AIM's plugin had support.
For a time it seemed this was going to be rectified, but ostensibly nothing's been done with this ticket in 17months..
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I'm currently integrating Sendgrid (Back-end API) with Phplist (front-end). However, I realised that there are many features that Phplist doesn't support such as autoresponders, different management levels (sub/superusers) and is unable to send high volumes. May I know if there is a better front end that I can use to integrate it with sendgrid?
Yes! OpenEMM seems to have the features you're looking for. You can see the full list here, but the highlights are:
Configuration of different users with different rights/roles
Autoresponder mails and error messages (bounce management)
It looks a little tricky to setup, but they have good documentation. Also, the code is hosted on SourceForge and the reviews look solid too.
In terms of setting it up with SendGrid, you have to configure your sendmail to use our SMTP servers. Luckily, we have a tutorial already that shows you exactly how to do that:
http://docs.sendgrid.com/documentation/get-started/integrate/examples/sendmail/
I'm looking for a solution like an exchange server for email, calendar, contacts, etc. I would prefer to use a open source solution. Any suggestions?
The client PCs are using Mac/Unix and Windows, so the server must be accessible from all platforms. I prefer to used a non-Web-based solution, but i'm open to web-based suggestions if they provide all the needed functions (email, calendar, contacts).
It's not open source, but Kerio MailServer is a good, cross platform alternative to Exchange, particularly for smaller businesses.
You can install a set of services like ldap, caldav, postfix and glue all them with horde.
Look into Funambol. It is open source. Not sure it does everything but it may be a good start.
I'm nearing the completion of migrating our existing website to a CMS and I've just finished creating all the various contact forms. The CMS I'm using has CAPTCHA built into it's form builder, which is great, but the only method available is the "decipher-the-noisy-image" method.
This approach works well, but it limits access for people who might have reading or sight disabilities. I've worked around this by having a "help" page which allows those with disabilities to contact us by telephone and I'm considering having a single-field form which says "Send us your email address and we'll contact you". Accessibility is of particular importance to me as a web developer, but from an organisational perspective; so is reducing the amount of form spam we receive.
So what I'd like to know is, has anyone in the community had any experience with other CAPTCHA methods and how have you managed to make them accessible to people with disabilities?
As a blind person I find that recaptcha is one of the better CAPTCHA services out there as far as an audio option. The issue with using sms as the only alternative is the fact that many visually impaired users don't have cell phones that allow them to read text messages.
A good captcha, like reCAPTCHA, usually includes an audio CAPTCHA. Also I have seen a site that will
send a SMS message and you enter the code in the sms (Google-gmail will do this).
I am very interested in this because I am implementing a CAPTCHA in jQuery right now.
Many sites, including this one I believe, have an option to play noisy audio with embedded spoken numbers, as an audio equivalent to the traditional CAPTCHA image.
I find the result pretty spooky, actually. Reminds me of numbers stations.
As Michael said, audio with each character of the CAPTCHA text spoken for better or worse is a common option provided. If your CMS is PHP-based or if PHP is available on the hosting infrastructure you are using anyway, here's an open source CAPTCHA application with an audio download option:
http://www.phpcaptcha.org/
I've implemented a production site with phpcaptcha, and it works as advertised.
We've got several distributed developers working together on a couple of projects. We've been using Skype to host chats with all the developers, and it works okay except for one thing:
It REALLY mangles any code we copy and paste into the chats -- especially the whitespace in Python.
This question has tons of opinions about chat clients & servers, but no one has much to say about pasting in code. (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36415/best-chat-im-tool-for-developers)
Is anybody out there using a chat or im client that handles source code really well?
Try Teamtalk
Features:
SSL Security - Same as what banks use for online transactions.
Source code highlighting in messages.
Screen capture, Remote desktop, File transfer.
IM, Conference, Groups, Send message to all/many.
There's pastebin
You might want to look at Gobby:
"Gobby is a free collaborative editor supporting multiple documents in one session and a multi-user chat. It runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and other Unix-like platforms."
I'm new to programming, and my only area of expertise is web design/simple development on platforms like wordpress/expression engine. (Yea, you guys can laugh).
I have a new client who currently receives medical faxes through an online form (the user fills out a form concerning their prescriptions and once submitted, it faxes the info).
I'm completely redesigning their site, and I'm not sure how online faxing works.
Has anybody dealt with internet faxing? How does it work? Does/can it go through email?
And is it possible to send a fax through a form with javascript/php or route it through email?
Don't pay for it! All you need is a modem on the server and a standard phone line. Then set up a fax print driver under your os (you can do it on windows and unix).
The unix way is mgetty/sendfax : http://mgetty.greenie.net/doc/mgetty_3.html#SEC3
The Windows way : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306657
There are other ways but unless you can't get a phone line you'd be mad to pay fees for it.
Would it not be helpful to look at how it is currently being done, that way you can learn a thing or two about the process before trying to go do it again? That way you can find if it is using any special libraries or techniques or services to send the fax and you can then either duplicate the code or use it as a template to get started on your own solution.
All of what your asking is possible. I would recommend finding a service provider who can send the fax for you. They all have different interfaces requirements and pricing. I used to use DataOnCall which is now called Fax.com
They had a web service which we would post the document to be faxed plus additional information. They were a preety reasonable service. This was several years ago so I can't speak how they currently fair.
Take a look at eFax's SDK. I haven't used it, but it looks like it might be useful to you.
Yes, you can send faxes via email through several services; this link seems to have some useful information. I worked at a company previously that did this same sort of thing, and while I don't recall the exact service we used, most of them are very similar, and they work reasonably well.