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[Gaim-patches] [ gaim-Patches-1175520 ] autoaccept file transfers
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From: SourceForge.net <no...@so...> - 2005-05-21 20:10:35
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Patches item #1175520, was opened at 2005-04-02 20:57 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by ben-xo You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=300235&aid=1175520&group_id=235 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: dennisne (dennisne) Assigned to: Sean Egan (seanegan) Summary: autoaccept file transfers Initial Comment: This patch (against gaim 2.0.0cvs-2005-04-02) adds an option to autoaccept file transfers, in Preferences > Conversations tab > File Transfers. gaim 2.0.0 has preferences listed in tabs, instead of in a list like the 1.x series ... and I didn't want to make the window wider =| ... although i did have doubts about bunching it in with the Conversation preferences. The gaim preference for this feature is: /gaim/gtk/conversations/autoaccept_transfers it is disabled by default. In Preferences, the download directory can also be specified. For this i added gaim_request_folder(), which adds support for gtk's folder-selection dialog. The default download folder, should one not be specified, is the user's home directory. All in all, autoaccepting of file transfers should be a part of gaim. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Ben XO (ben-xo) Date: 2005-05-21 20:10 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=898232 Auto accepting files is something that I absolutely require from an instant messaging client - my business model relies on it! I'm a DJ and a webmaster, and people need to send me their music, logos, banners etc. on a daily basis. It's actually handy-cap not having auto-accept: people often don't bother to send me exclusive stuff because i'm not there to accept it (i leave my screen names logged in permanently and use remote desktop to access my messages when i'm travelling abroad). Right now i'm forced to run both (win)Gaim and the official client simultaneously - and personally i think that's even more of a security risk than having auto-accept built in to Gaim in the same manner that it's built in to, say, Trillian. Trillian and the official client both allow you to choose if you wish to accept files automatically from nobody, only trusted buddies, or anyone. Personally I would definitely leave it on "anyone". I understand the risks and my messaging-PC is fairly well sandboxed - but this missing feature is actually one of the reasons why I was reluctant to switch to Gaim, and reluctant to try Linux as my desktop - it seems like a feature that ought to be easy to add, yet nobody has yet: i got to this mailing list entry through a google search on "gaim autoaccept" (hoping to find a plugin) and i'm very happy that it may finally make its way into version 2! :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Phil Hannent (monkey77) Date: 2005-05-12 09:36 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=898116 I have to add here that I created a RFE regarding this, thanks for writing it. While auto-accepting files might be a security issue I think it would be an idea to allow accepting files from trusted buddies. Any files that are sent to you would be put into a folder of your choosing and therefore you know what level of trust you should have on files in that folder. Is there a chance this patch could be back ported to the oldstatus since 2.0.0 is still an unknown at this time? Many thanks Phil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Mark Doliner (thekingant) Date: 2005-04-26 01:49 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=20979 I guess that's a valid reason. I still don't really like this, though. I think auto-accepting files from other people is a really bad idea. And we're trying to move away from having preferences for everything. Some of the changes in your patch are nice, though. The last_save_folder change in ft.c isn't a bad idea. And the gaim_request_folder addition to the request API looks pretty well done (I guess we don't really need it anywhere else, though). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: dennisne (dennisne) Date: 2005-04-25 22:30 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=997396 people constantly send me small files ... text files, images ... they are small, and numerous, and it takes a lot of time to manually accept and choose download location for each file ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Mark Doliner (thekingant) Date: 2005-04-25 18:43 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=20979 Why do you feel autoaccepting of file transfers should be a part of Gaim? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=300235&aid=1175520&group_id=235 |
