Comment 4 for bug 444170
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| LaserJock (laserjock) wrote Re: [Bug 444170] Re: empathy started automatically on incoming message | #4 |
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On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Ken VanDine <email address hidden> wrote:
> I think this is an issue with the indicator-
> mission-control (via libempathy) to set the status. It supports pidgin
> as well, but I don't think it makes a decision which to use. Perhaps it
> should. So it sets your status as online, which tells mission-control
> you are only. It does not need empathy to be running to do this, and
> you appear to be online to your contacts. If they send an email,
> telepathy handles the incoming message because it is online even though
> you have no client running and spawns the client so you can read the
> message.
>
> Overall this is pretty cool behavior, but we should be able to make a
> decision how you would prefer to handle your messages.
Is this autospawning behavior configurable, i.e. can I turn it off? I can see where it could very nice for some people, but I really don't need programs automatically starting up when I get emails or IMs. It's super confusing and quite invasive. I use my Ubuntu machine at work and I don't need the latest tweets/dents/Ubuntu email popping up and starting programs while I"m showing my boss something.