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Last updated: Jun 2nd, 2023 - 11:32 (next update at 12:07)
https://sourceforge.net/p/beebeep/activity/feed
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Marco Mastroddi - Friday, 02 June 2023 - 10:26Hello, you cam modify shortcuts.
Go to settimgs menu and then interface. -
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Anonymous - Friday, 02 June 2023 - 09:52Disable Inactive Chat window opacity -
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ttheis - Thursday, 01 June 2023 - 19:25I see I used the deb package to install 5.8.6 originally -
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ttheis - Thursday, 01 June 2023 - 19:00OK, Thanks -
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 01 June 2023 - 18:38As I saw in the https://sourceforge.net/p/beebeep/code/commit_browser there is not comment.
So I only changed the script to generate tbe packages... -
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Anonymous - Thursday, 01 June 2023 - 18:33Users Not Visible -
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ttheis - Thursday, 01 June 2023 - 18:25OK copied the newer on over the older one and now the version shows 5.8.6-1556-p95-qt5-64bit for Linux.
I will update the rest of the desktops and see if things work differently.
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ttheis - Thursday, 01 June 2023 - 18:14Oops maybe not.
The date codes for the file creation date on the machine are 2023-02-13.
So I bet it is from the version before 2023-02-14.
Also on my machine I have the executable for beebeep in the /usr/lib/beebeep/ folder and all the .qm files in the /usr/share/beebeep/ folder.
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ttheis - Thursday, 01 June 2023 - 17:51Yes that is the version I installed on all our Linux machines.
Curious when you click on About BeeBEEP...
you get v5.8.6-1555-p95-qt5-64bit -
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 01 June 2023 - 09:20Did you download and install the BeeBEEP version for qt 5.15? https://sourceforge.net/projects/beebeep/files/Linux/beebeep-5.8.6-qt5152-amd64.tar.gz/download I have looked for this issue on internet but I did not find any piece of help about this.
It is an issue for Qt and Mate (GTK) ... -
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 01 June 2023 - 09:16Hello.
There is not a way to send/receive messages between two users not connected directly each other.
You have to fix the connection problem.
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ttheis - Wednesday, 31 May 2023 - 19:33Hey Marco.
Just an update.
Still have this problem in v5.8.6-1555-p95-qt5-64bit.
Only on Linux.
Currently Linux Mint MATE 21.1 QT v5.15.3+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2 Have one machine doing this about 3 times a month.
The other machines do it once every 2 months or so.
The machine that does it 3 times a month is...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Friday, 19 May 2023 - 08:42Is there a way to send messages to users in the group who are not able to connect directly? -
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Marco Mastroddi - Friday, 12 May 2023 - 16:18Thank you for your feedback! :-) -
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Anonymous - Friday, 12 May 2023 - 16:18Thank a lot!!! it worked like charm ! -
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Marco Mastroddi - Friday, 12 May 2023 - 08:34You have to place the beebeep.rc file inside C:\Program Files (x86)\BeeBEEP ...
be sure that the file name is beebeep.rc and not (if you used a notepad and you have the option "hide file extension") beebeep.rc.txt -
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Anonymous - Friday, 12 May 2023 - 08:33thank you I tried it but still i get this in the log file Qt paths are shipped with Qt libraries.
Edit qt.conf file to change them.
2023-05-12 08:41:14 Applicaction folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\BeeBEEP 2023-05-12 08:41:14 Resource folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\BeeBEEP 2023-05-12 08:41:14 RC...[ Read more ] -
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 11 May 2023 - 21:25Please check the log, maybe the option is not read https://www.beebeep.net/faq#faq8 beebeep.rc file: [BeeBEEP] DisablePrivateChats=true -
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Anonymous - Thursday, 11 May 2023 - 21:23Thank you for the reply but it seems that all changes in that file are reversed as soon as i close the program and run it again .
I ve edited the file with the program closed though and put [BeeBEEP] DisablePrivateChats=[true] and still i can send private chat when the option is valid for at least...[ Read more ] -
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 11 May 2023 - 17:33Yes.
There is an option in beebeep.rc file called "DisablePrivateChats".
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Anonymous - Thursday, 11 May 2023 - 17:30iam sorry maybe not cleaar .
I meant i want to cut all private chats between peers and to have only public chats enabled .
is it possible ? Couldnt find a way .. - Marco Mastroddi modified a comment on ticket #348
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 11 May 2023 - 09:43 -
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 11 May 2023 - 09:41Sorry but I do not understand.
BeeBEEP has private (and encrypted) peer to peer chats, it is based on this protocol.
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Anonymous - Thursday, 11 May 2023 - 09:39The problem is that you can not contain private chat from peer to peer..that is not good -
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Marco Mastroddi - Tuesday, 02 May 2023 - 15:18Hello, there are not API.
The main class is Core (in src/core/Core.h of the source code).
This class has all the signals you need to create a Qt WebAssembly application (or other app) to run in you web server (https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/wasm.html).
You can also read Main.cpp in the desktop folder to...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Tuesday, 02 May 2023 - 12:39BeeBeep API - Marco Mastroddi modified a comment on ticket #970
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Marco Mastroddi - Tuesday, 25 April 2023 - 09:39 - Marco Mastroddi modified a comment on ticket #970
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Marco Mastroddi - Tuesday, 25 April 2023 - 09:37Hello.
This happens sometimes cause a firewall.
It blocks BeeBEEP...
2 ways to fix it: - see the Faq: https://www.beebeep.net/faq#faq21 - add a single user manually: Setrings - User - Ads user...
then that user automatically tells to BeeBEEP the others online.
- I suggets to fix the forewall (or...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Tuesday, 25 April 2023 - 09:33I forgot OS information.
OS is window 11 when I install beebeep, it worked properly but after a day my coworker said It suddenly closed and disabled connection. -
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Anonymous - Tuesday, 25 April 2023 - 08:42broadcasing to the beebeep network... -
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Marco Mastroddi - Wednesday, 12 April 2023 - 12:40Hello, there is an option in settings menu to show name and surname instead of nickname....
It is not a bug.
If your recognize method is set on account name (but every pc must have a different login user) you can change nickname at will.
But if the recognize method is the nickname, BeeBEEP...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Wednesday, 12 April 2023 - 12:33Hello Marco :) We tried to put a nickname like PC203.
It works but we need to clic on the icon to know who is behind this computer.
It's a bit complicated.
Is there any version of beebeep which is not impacted by the bug I reported ? I mean leaving each group/chatgroup every time we change the...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Wednesday, 12 April 2023 - 08:31Hello Marco, thanks for your suggestion.
I will try it then so later on today.
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Marco Mastroddi - Monday, 10 April 2023 - 14:02Japanese translation updated thank to Maboroshin. -
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 06 April 2023 - 16:55If the other users cannot see you, you have the firewall active.
If you cannot add BeeBEEP in the firewall exceptions (like in FAQ 22) please try to see FAQ 21 also: https://www.beebeep.net/faq#faq21 Try also to add a user manually, in Settings - Users - Add user...
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Anonymous - Thursday, 06 April 2023 - 14:40Hello, Thank you for the answer, we'll gonna try this and tell you if it works :) -
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Anonymous - Thursday, 06 April 2023 - 14:40Hello Marco, I tried your solution but it didn't solved my issue.
I reexplain myself again, sorry for that.
I am runing MS WIN 10 which I have uninstalled and reinstalled your software and even I have selected my status online on the avatar, it still offline so the other user of my organization...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Wednesday, 05 April 2023 - 22:51Hello Marco, thanks a lot for your quick reply.
I will try then so your solution.
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Marco Mastroddi - Wednesday, 05 April 2023 - 16:42Hello.
If recognize method is set "on nickname", if you change the nickname it will be a problem.
Leave nickname as "pc23" for example and tell to the users to change name and surname in the profike.
I think it is the best way.
I will think about it...
maybe there is a better answer... -
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Anonymous - Wednesday, 05 April 2023 - 15:10You are not member of this group.
Your message will not be sent -
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Marco Mastroddi - Wednesday, 05 April 2023 - 09:01Fixed a usability bug when you try to delete a saved chat. -
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Marco Mastroddi - Tuesday, 04 April 2023 - 08:00Hello! I'm not sure ...
maybe I don't understand the situation.
If you uninstall and reinstall BeeBEEP your settings are not reset to default but they are stored in beebeep.ini file.
If you selected your status as Offline in the menu, BeeBEEP keep the status.
Click in the avatar button in the user...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Tuesday, 04 April 2023 - 05:13OFFLINE STATUS -
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Marco Mastroddi - Monday, 03 April 2023 - 09:22Hello to you! Thank you for the feedback.
In early versions of BeeBEEP there was an interface similar....
I had to switch to the multi windows for many reasons.
One of them was my difficulty in developing 2 types of GUI.
So I decided at the time to pursue one.
Right now if you use the single chat...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Saturday, 01 April 2023 - 02:10Idea for single-window mode. -
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Anonymous - Tuesday, 28 March 2023 - 00:10Hello.
You cam edit (create) beebeep.rc file.
https://www.beebeep.net/faq#faq4 [BeeBEEP] DisableDesktopSharing=true -
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Anonymous - Monday, 27 March 2023 - 23:50HI, How can I remove desktop sharing feature from 5.8.6 version? -
[ BeeBEEP official version released ]
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[ BeeBEEP official version released ]
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Marco Mastroddi - Wednesday, 22 March 2023 - 11:59Porting to Qt6: Work in progress... -
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Marco Mastroddi - Wednesday, 22 March 2023 - 08:29Added "DisableSendFolder" option in RC file. -
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Marco Mastroddi - Wednesday, 22 March 2023 - 08:02No, I'm sorry...
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Anonymous - Tuesday, 21 March 2023 - 21:45Thank you for quick answer.
I tried that, but its only queue.
So if i accidently send "My documents" (70GB) it still send all data through network (but limited to 5 files at once).
Or is there a way how to hide that icon in chat window toolbar? - Marco Mastroddi modified a comment on ticket #966
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Marco Mastroddi - Tuesday, 21 March 2023 - 12:35 -
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Marco Mastroddi - Tuesday, 21 March 2023 - 12:34Hello! There is not an option to disable "Send folder".
But maybe there is a workaround.
You can click in "Settings" - "File transfer" - "Add up to XXX file to transfer queue" to receive a window with a form where you can insert a number.
Insert for example 5, so people when select a folder can send...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Monday, 20 March 2023 - 22:49Disable send a folder -
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Marco Mastroddi - Monday, 20 March 2023 - 17:17Ported to Qt 5.15 (min Qt required for BeeBEEP). - Marco Mastroddi modified a comment on ticket #965
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Marco Mastroddi - Friday, 17 March 2023 - 12:04 -
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Marco Mastroddi - Friday, 17 March 2023 - 12:03test -
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Anonymous - Friday, 17 March 2023 - 11:58Deleting sent message -
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Anonymous - Friday, 17 March 2023 - 07:09working wonderful, thank you! -
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 16 March 2023 - 13:10Ok.
Download the source code.
Inside the archive you can find src folder and emoji folder.
Select one from the Emoji and Emoji2x folder (2x is the HI RES png) Rename that folder with your preferred name (ex: CustomEmojis) You can modify all the icons you need to change.
Do not change the name of...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Thursday, 16 March 2023 - 13:02Thank you for your work! Oh, about the pantomime system, I'm just saying the that if I could alter the png file for BeeBEEP I could make alterations to the emoticons png file for my network to support different reactionary emoticons, that woyld better suit singular responses to my messages sent from...[ Read more ] -
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 16 March 2023 - 12:23Initial porting to Qt 6. -
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 16 March 2023 - 10:32Hello.
Thank you for your feedback...
I need to understand better the situation "as a virtual pantomine system".
I try to explain how BeeBEEP works so you can help me.
First of all if you can use a FONT that "have emoji" like the ones in the mobile phones, you can select that font for your chat and...[ Read more ] - Marco Mastroddi modified a comment on ticket #450
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 16 March 2023 - 10:25 -
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 16 March 2023 - 10:23Did you try to add 1 user manually with Settings - User - Add users option? You need only 1 user in the other subnet to receive the list of all the others...
but you are sure that port are reachable.
You can test it.
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Anonymous - Thursday, 16 March 2023 - 10:20Hey its been years but i tried to do this on my network but i still cant see other computers on a 192.168.X.X subnet from my network 5.16.X.X What could i be doing wrong.
-192.168.X.X is computers connected to a router wireless which the router is then connected to the main network which is 5.16.X.X -
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Anonymous - Thursday, 16 March 2023 - 00:05Modifying Emoticons -
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Marco Mastroddi - Wednesday, 15 March 2023 - 08:56Updated the header of the all files -
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Anonymous - Tuesday, 14 March 2023 - 10:53Ah! Sorry...
you have to put BeeBEEP in Windows autostart...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-an-app-to-run-automatically-at-startup-in-windows-10-150da165-dcd9-7230-517b-cf3c295d89dd With the option in beebeep.rc: [BeeBEEP] UseEasyConnection=true UserRecognitionMethod=1 In this way...[ Read more ] -
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yanis catalano - Tuesday, 14 March 2023 - 10:39Hello this command is not what I am looking for.
What I want is for Beebeep to launch each time a user connects (in a domain).
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Marco Mastroddi - Tuesday, 14 March 2023 - 09:22 -
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Anonymous - Tuesday, 14 March 2023 - 09:22Hello.
Yes.
There is a parameter in the beebeep.rc file called [BeeBEEP] UseEasyConnection=true for more info please read the FAQ: https://www.beebeep.net/faq#faq4 -
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Anonymous - Monday, 13 March 2023 - 16:06BeeBeep session start -
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Marco Mastroddi - Friday, 10 March 2023 - 19:35I honestly wouldn't have known what to do.
I was looking a little bit on the Internet.
But I had no way to try the software you were using...if it works...good thing so :-) -
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Anonymous - Friday, 10 March 2023 - 19:32Today it is working fine witout newstart !?! -
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Anonymous - Thursday, 09 March 2023 - 20:00Beebeep with Wireguard -
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Lazycat - Thursday, 09 March 2023 - 08:49我之前忘记说明系统版本了，我对此感到抱歉。 关于微软拼音输入法的安装，在Windows10中您可以通过 设置→时间和语言→语言→添加语言→中文（中华人民共和国） 来先安装中文语言，然后通过点击中文（简体，中国）→选项→键盘→添加键盘 来添加微软拼音输入法。 辛苦您了。 I'm sorry I forgot to specify the system version earlier.
For the installation of Microsoft Pinyin input method, in Windows10 you can install the Chinese language...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Wednesday, 08 March 2023 - 15:29plugins automatically re-enabled, and NumberTextMarker issue on new lines -
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Marco Mastroddi - Wednesday, 08 March 2023 - 08:09Hello! First of all, thank you for your feedback.
Bug 1: I will install Microsoft Pinyin input method so I can make some test.
Bug 2: You are right.
When the emoji side window is closed/opened the chat box is resized...
this one is not very easy to fix...
I have to save "text position" and "move the...[ Read more ] -
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Marco Mastroddi - Tuesday, 07 March 2023 - 20:21Hello.
I have the same error with Qt 5.15...
I'm looking for the problem, but...
it is inside the Qt...
and it seems to be only a message without error...
I continue to looking for the issue in the next weeks...
Thank you for your feedback... -
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ttheis - Tuesday, 07 March 2023 - 17:50New version startup error -
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Lazycat - Tuesday, 07 March 2023 - 09:57Input is interrupted and chat history scrolls up -
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Marco Mastroddi - Wednesday, 01 March 2023 - 18:59Maybe tne automatic translator has problems.
BeeBEEP has NOT a linit for users.
It was tested also with 500+ users on the same network. -
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Anonymous - Wednesday, 01 March 2023 - 18:56je ne comprend les ous-réseaux?? -
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Anonymous - Wednesday, 01 March 2023 - 18:56Nous utilisons votre application au bureau pour communiquer entre nous (22 personnes et plus) même si on est disponible on n'arrive pas à voir tous le monde qui est connecté..
est-ce qu'il y a un maximum de personnes qui est visible? -
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Marco Mastroddi - Wednesday, 01 March 2023 - 16:31Il n'y a pas de nombre maximum d'utilisateurs disponibles.
Parfois, vous ne pouvez pas voir tous les utilisateurs parce que les mêmes noms sont utilisés ou que tous les sous-réseaux nécessaires ne sont pas configurés.
Vous pouvez trouver plus d'informations dans la FAQ :...[ Read more ]
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