Configuring the preferred login list

If a user is already connected to the IBM® Sametime® Community Server through several different clients, and another user attempts to initiate an instant messaging session with the logged-in user, Sametime uses a default login order to determine which client type should receive the instant messaging session. A preferred login list allows you to override the default order.

About this task

The Sametime Community Server depends upon the default list of client types, each of which has a predefined weight. Login order for each user depends upon the login-type weight. The first login type, having minimal weight, is the one provided for the incoming instant messaging session.

Default order of login types on Sametime:

  1. Sametime Connect Client clients
  2. Sametime Mobile clients
  3. Sametime Proxy clients

Procedure

  1. Open a text editor on the Sametime Community Server.
  2. Open the sametime.ini file located in the Sametime server installation directory (the default directory in Windows™ is C:\program files\ibm\domino).
  3. In the [Config] section, specify the order of the login types that overrides the default order. If a user is logged in to multiple clients, offline messages are delivered to the client running the latest release, if available. If that release of the client is not available, offline messages are delivered to the client based on this default order.
    VPS_PREFERRED_LOGIN_TYPES=login_type1,login_type2
    For example:
    VPS_PREFERRED_LOGIN_TYPES=130C,130B,130A,1308,1306,1304,1436,1435,1434,1433,1432,
1431,1430,14A3,14A2,14A1,14A0

    For a list of login types, see Tech Note 1114318 on the IBM Support website.

  4. Save the sametime.ini file.
  5. Restart the Sametime server to allow the changes to take effect.