Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!uwvax!tom From: tom@rsch.WISC.EDU (Thomas Scott Christiansen) Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted Subject: WANTED: more descrimitating ``talk'' program Message-ID: <3082@rsch.WISC.EDU> Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 12:19:39 EST Article-I.D.: rsch.3082 Posted: Thu Dec 18 12:19:39 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 23:57:37 EST Distribution: world Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 11 i don't like to have just two states: accepting msgs or not accepting them. so what i would like is for talk to consult a file for a list of people that i am willing to talk to. the reason for this is that i am a sysadmin on an interconnected set of systems that has literally *thousands* of users, and i was getting so many calls from random people all day (and night!) that i just couldn't get anything done, so i stuck a 'mesg n' in my .login; unfortunately, there *are* a few people who have legitimate reasons for talking to me. anyone out there have anything that might be useful? --tom