Received: by 10.66.85.71 with SMTP id f7mr964521paz.39.1344214455008; Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:54:15 -0700 (PDT) Path: g9ni18701526pbo.0!nntp.google.com!news.glorb.com!news-in-01.newsfeed.easynews.com!easynews!core-easynews-01!easynews.com!en-nntp-05.dc1.easynews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Char Jackson Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Getting A Message To Somebody With Just An IP Addr? Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@easynews.com Organization: EasyNews, UseNet made Easy! X-Complaints-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:54:17 -0500 X-Received-Bytes: 2089 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:14:11 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote: >I've got a couple of surf cams up and running. > >The server allows me to see what IP addrs are connected when, how >long, and which cameras. > >I'd like to poll some of these people as to how well the cams are >working for them, but all I have are IP addrs. > >The obvious is to lay a bitmap or something over the camera >screens with my contact info on it... but it was such a struggle >to get these things up and working that I'd rather not mess with >success.... I think that's your only option... >Is there anything - a message handler port or something - where I >could push some text with at least some chance of the person >seeing it? No, your only data connection to those people is the streaming video connection that they've established, so your only opportunity to get a message to them is via that connection, and your idea of overlaying a URL or other contact info is all I can think of. >Seems like I used to get spammed via Microsoft Message until I >killed a service or something. Microsoft's Messenger service is limited to your local LAN, so it won't work across the Internet. Besides, most people have the service disabled by now.