Allow scripts to receive notices (title + text)
Bugs Larnia
## Use Case:
As people gain groups, people get a lot of group notices - especially with the increase in the group cap. This can lead to notice overload.
By allowing a script to receive the notice (title + text, not attachments), a group can create a central point for "their" notices where people can review notices easily. Notices can also be saved beyond the expiration date in Group Notices, allowing for better archiving.
In addition, groups with external gathering spots like Discord, can then create a webhook and display the notices in a dedicated channel, further increasing visibility.
## Implementation:
- Add a new event: on_group_notice(string title, string message)
- The script will receive notices for the group that its container is set to (see security model for details)
- When a notice is received, the event triggers and delivers the payload.
- Attachments are ignored (unless you can find a way to integrate that too).
## Security Model:
- Scripts can onlyreceive scripts for the group their containing prim is set to.
- Scripts can onlyreceive notices for that group if the script owner has the "Receive Notices and view past Notices" permission in that group.
- Securing notices from those who do not have that permission is the responsibility of the script creator.
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Eren Padar
I am marking this up, not because I'm sure this is "the" solution-- but because we need SOME solution to missing group notices because the "LL post office" decides we can only receive so many letters each day. (Can you imagine if the RL post office had such a rule?)
Telling a user that notices were capped, a notice wasn't delivered, and NOT EVEN TELLING USE WHERE IT WAS FROM is not helpful. If we at least knew which group the notice came from we could go to the group when we come back in-world and check the notices there. As things currently stand, we're kind of left hanging in the air wondering what we've missed. THIS IS NOT GOOD.
So thanks Bugs for at least bringing attention to this message capping issue. I'm not sure what the best solution is, but a solution is surely needed. At the very least, when a message is capped LL should tell us where it was from.
Bugs Larnia
Eren Padar I agree: the notice cap is a real issue, since it doesn't tell you which notices were capped, so we do not know what we missed and in which group(s) to go look for any missed notices.
North Crannock
Currently to do this I have an avi I never log in so notices are always sent to off-line where I can then filer them in my email program. This idea would reduce my need to do this in future. I would fully support a way for a prim to receive attachments into it's inventory if it is at all possible. This would allow me to automate receiving 3 of my biggest personal groups which can get 100's of notices per week.