Using the vDirectNotify mod, the user may specify an address to be notified directly, instead of by email, for example like this:
Technically, this mod sends an udp packet with notification info to the specified IP or host, which looks like this:
%#passwd:PASSWORD#delay:20#left:open:URLTOTHREAD;close#from:SUBJECT#msg:MESSAGE
This mod was written to work with the NotifyAnything
plugin for Miranda (for those who don't know: Miranda is a plugin-based allround Instant
Messaging program, best on earth ;) ), which can be seen in the shot above, but you may use any other software to fetch the message.
To use this mod with NotifyAnything, go to your NotifyAnything options dialogue, uncheck "Only listen to localhost"
and choose a random port number (using the default is not recommended!), you may also want to give a password (it's highly recommended!).
Now go to the notification settings of your forum account, and insert your port number and password. For the address field, you may either:
- your IP (good for people with static ips, if you don't know if your ip is static, just assume it's not)
- the string "currentip" which is replaced by your current ip (same as above, but spares you the lookup :P)
- the string "accountip" which always sends the notify to the last IP of your account
- a dynamic hostname (for example from no-ip.org)
If you want the popups to be linked to the thread, you have to enable "Allow actions to execute programs", which may be
a security risk in case you don't use a password and/or random port number.