# Flight Alert Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests and Ideas\ **Created:** [November 14, 2006, 12:16pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345 "2006-11-14T12:16:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IFlyATA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/aca169/32.png) [@IFlyATA](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/IFlyATA)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 12:16pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/1 "2006-11-14T12:16:23Z")
Hi folks, I was really pleased this morning to wake up and see the flight alert beta released…thanks for the hard work, FlightAware! I am wondering if it’s possible in flight alerts to enter an airline prefix, and have it alert you with the specified information for all those fleets. For example, I could enter in “AMT” and get all the ATA flight alerts? Thanks! -Nick Bartolotta ---
**Author:** ![damiross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@damiross](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/damiross)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/2 "2006-11-14T14:51:42Z")
The best way to find out is to enter “AMT” or whatever and see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![IFlyATA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/aca169/32.png) [@IFlyATA](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/IFlyATA)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/3 "2006-11-14T14:57:47Z")
Yep I did that, and didn’t get any notifications so I assume that means the function is not available. I suppose my post was meant to be more of a suggestion or idea. ---
**Author:** ![pika1000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/pika1000/32/124076_2.png) [@pika1000](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/pika1000)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/4 "2006-11-14T15:14:44Z")
Do you have Jabber, or whatever the hell that is? After reading the announcement a second time, I realized that it is only currently working with this Jabber thing. Way to go FA staff!! Could you have picked a more obscure program to do beta testing with? Just kidding… ---
**Author:** ![damiross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@damiross](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/damiross)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/5 "2006-11-14T15:37:30Z")
“[Jabber](http://www.jabber.org/) is best known as “the Linux of instant messaging” – an open, secure, ad-free alternative to consumer IM services like AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo.” ---
**Author:** ![dbaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/dbaker/32/97166_2.png) [@dbaker](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/dbaker)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/6 "2006-11-14T15:41:04Z")
> [@IFlyATA](#): > > I am wondering if it’s possible in flight alerts to enter an airline prefix, and have it alert you with the specified information for all those fleets. For example, I could enter in “AMT” and get all the ATA flight alerts? Current we only offers alerts for individual aircraft. > [@pika1000](#): > > Do you have Jabber, or whatever the hell that is? After reading the announcement a second time, I realized that it is only currently working with this Jabber thing. Jabber is the only IM system it works with – the e-mail components are generic. ---
**Author:** ![nugget](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/nugget/32/102_2.png) [@nugget](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/nugget)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/7 "2006-11-14T15:43:06Z")
If you have a Google Mail account then you have a Jabber account as well via Google Talk. We chose Jabber as the initial platform because it is an open and documented protocol. Eventual support for AIM/MSN/Yahoo will be trickier because those protocols are not open and compatibility can be a challenge. We decided that it would be more productive to simply focus on Jabber initially so that we wouldn’t be fighting two battles at once. ---
**Author:** ![pika1000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/pika1000/32/124076_2.png) [@pika1000](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/pika1000)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/8 "2006-11-14T15:58:45Z")
The Jabber comments were more sarcasm than anything. HOWEVER, did learn something and the explanation from the nuggster was good. ---
**Author:** ![cfijames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@cfijames](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/cfijames)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/9 "2006-11-14T16:34:45Z")
His explanation always is. It must be the goatee. (that where he hides the “smart”.) ---
**Author:** ![keithpilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/keithpilot/32/61688_2.png) [@keithpilot](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/keithpilot)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 11:29am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/10 "2006-11-15T11:29:54Z")
I love the new alert feature, but would be giddy if I could be alerted if a specific aircraft was enroute, landing or departing a specific airport. Any thoughts? Keithpilot ---
**Author:** ![medicdavid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@medicdavid](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/medicdavid)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/11 "2006-11-25T18:44:32Z")
I have tried entering my Gmail username in the Jabber IM box in my profile in multiple formats without getting any of my alerts. Can anyone tel me how I should be entering my Gmail username in there? ❓ ---
**Author:** ![dbaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/dbaker/32/97166_2.png) [@dbaker](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/dbaker)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/12 "2006-11-25T19:34:36Z")
> [@medicdavid](#): > > I have tried entering my Gmail username in the Jabber IM box in my profile in multiple formats without getting any of my alerts. Can anyone tel me how I should be entering my Gmail username in there? ❓ You should enter it in the format of a regular e-mail address. We were having some trouble with Jabber over the last day or two, so that was likely the source of your difficulty. I apologize for any inconvenience; it should be all set now. ---
**Author:** ![medicdavid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@medicdavid](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/medicdavid)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/13 "2006-11-26T03:52:42Z")
So maybe I just don’t get it? I put three commercial flights into the flight alerts tonight. I got all my email is a few seconds after the flight aware page changed, but I am still not getting any messages on my Google talk. At this point I am just on a mission to see if I can get this IM thing to work or not! I would really like to be able to be alerted to different a/c I watch in my IM window rather than emails and SMS. 😢 ---
**Author:** ![dbaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/dbaker/32/97166_2.png) [@dbaker](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/dbaker)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/14 "2006-11-27T00:32:53Z")
> [@medicdavid](#): > > So maybe I just don’t get it? I put three commercial flights into the flight alerts tonight. I got all my email is a few seconds after the flight aware page changed, but I am still not getting any messages on my Google talk. At this point I am just on a mission to see if I can get this IM thing to work or not! I would really like to be able to be alerted to different a/c I watch in my IM window rather than emails and SMS. 😢 Hmm – try adding [alerts@alerts.flightaware.com](mailto:alerts@alerts.flightaware.com) to your contact list. I’m receiving them OK, but we run our own Jabber server here that may be more flexible, especially when the sender is in the same domain ([flightaware.com](http://flightaware.com)) ---
**Author:** ![medicdavid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@medicdavid](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/medicdavid)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/15 "2006-11-27T16:32:41Z")
😃 Either by coincidence or by adding flightaware to my contacts it is now working. This is how the process went: To add FA to my googleTalk contacts it actually sent you an invitation. As soon as I did that I began getting alerts. I have since removed FA as a conact (since it only said an invitation had been sent anyway) and it was still working as of last night. I am going to add a few aircraft this morning and see if it still works. I have to say… it was VERY cool to have my alerts just pop like that! 8) ---
**Author:** ![NeedleNose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/needlenose/32/86946_2.png) [@NeedleNose](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/NeedleNose)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/16 "2006-11-27T16:49:05Z")
Here’s an AWESOME instant messaging program! [GAIM](http://gaim.sourceforge.net/win32/index.php) It’s free, and it works with Jabber, AOL, Yahoo, ICQ, MSN, IRC, Napster and a couple of other more obscure messaging services. It has lots of the popular options and features. So if you use one or more of the IM services, give it a try. No sense in having a Jabber client - AND - and an AOL IM client - AND - a MSN IM client - AND - a Yahoo messenger client. One application in one window does it all! ---
**Author:** ![medicdavid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@medicdavid](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/medicdavid)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/17 "2006-11-27T16:49:44Z")
It’s official, it still works! Don’t know if the adding FA to my contacts, then removing them, helped or not. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nugget](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/nugget/32/102_2.png) [@nugget](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/nugget)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/18 "2006-11-30T03:55:23Z")
> [@medicdavid](#): > > It’s official, it still works! That’s great debugging, thanks! I’m going to experiment with techniques to have alerts send an “add me” request to users when they add or update a jabber address. That might solve the problem long-term. ---
**Author:** ![medicdavid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@medicdavid](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/medicdavid)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/19 "2006-12-07T00:32:00Z")
It’s not working again today. My airplane has been busy last night and today, haven’t gotten the first IM alert. I tried using both GoogleTalk and GAIM to be sure it wasn’t my software. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![dbaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/dbaker/32/97166_2.png) [@dbaker](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/dbaker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345/20 "2006-12-07T16:09:14Z")
It was on our side this time – delays or problems with outbound alerts as part of our changes to prevent being blocked by ISPs. ☹ You should be all set now. [Next page](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flight-alert-question/2345.md?page=2)