[Gaim-i18n] Re: what is warning level in gaim?

[number845 <num...@gm...>]

hey agian.
i was so happy form your explaintion that i could not ask for more help.
myabe you coud help me.
i found the next message :
An unknown signon error has occurred: %s.
and i dont know what is a signon, is that a typo or a word i cant find
on any dictionary?


feel free to let me wait.
thx
nice

On 10/27/05, Luke Schierer <lsc...@us...> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 05:29:49PM +0200, number845 wrote:
> > hey
> >
> > i am helping by translating gaim into hebrew (i make it better), and i
> > have an issue i dont understand that i hope you can help me with.
> >
> > i have seen in gaim the option to warn someone. what is that mean?
> > what warning really do? does it a special option to gaim or is it
> > supported in other protocols?
> >
> > thx for you help
> >
> > nice
>
> A "Warning" is an aim-specific thing.  Part of the OSCAR protocol,
> only available to aim users (not icq users), and quite possibly being
> phased out by aol, it is (or at least was) used to compute the
> various rate limits the user sets on you.  users of aim could press
> the "warn" button on a conversation to increase this warning level by
> set amounts (the amount varied on a number of factors).  as the
> warning level for a given screenname increased, that user would be
> able to send messages less frequently, warn others less severely, and
> so on.  it was intended as a method to allow for a community to
> punish those who abuse the network, but ended up being primarily a
> means for juvenile users to annoy each other.
>
> the theory behind the name was that someone was "warned" that they
> were being annoying, and that they should cease bothering you.
>
> luke
>