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Zephyr Mirroring for Humbug

Thanks for giving Humbug a try! This page describes how to use Humbug as to use MIT Zephyr; if you're not a current Zephyr user, you probably want to visit the main Humbug website.

There are a few steps you need to take to setup Humbug for your MIT Zephyr account.

First time setup

  1. Create a password and activate your account using the URL in your email.

  2. Get your API key from the "Settings" panel and put it in a file in your Athena home directory called ~/Private/.humbug-api-key.

  3. Copy over your Zephyr subscriptions

    NOTE: Humbug does not currently support the equivalent of Barnowl filters; everything you subscribe to will be in your default view. If you have too many subscriptions (you know who you are), you may want to manually subscribe to just your main view. You can add or remove subscriptions from the Humbug app by clicking the gear in the upper right-hand corner and then selecting "Streams."

    If you would like to copy over all of your subscriptions, please run the following command:
    /mit/tabbott/humbug/zephyr_mirror.py --sync-subscriptions

    After running the script, please reload Humbug to allow the changes to take effect.

Long-term setup

On an Athena dialup (linerva.mit.edu, athena.dialup.mit.edu, etc.), run the Zephyr mirroring script inside a screen session.

IMPORTANT: You must keep the Zephyr mirroring script always running in a session with unexpired Kerberos tickets. The script forwards personals you receive on Zephyr to Humbug, and forwards messages you send in Humbug to Zephyr. If it is not running, only other Humbug users will receive messages you send from Humbug!. The Humbug web application will warn you if the Zephyr mirroring script is not running.

If you already have Barnowl running in screen/tmux somewhere, you can just run the command below inside that session. If not, see Running Barnowl in Screen for an explanation of how to do this.

To set up Zephyr mirroring, run:
/mit/tabbott/humbug/zephyr_mirror.py

Don't run multiple copies of the Zephyr mirroring script; doing so will result in messages you sent being forwarded to Zephyr twice.

Using the app

You can use the app by visiting https://humbughq.com

If you're interested in mobile apps, we have early alphas available as well. You can get the Android app immediately or join our waitlist for the iPhone version.

Feel free to send us a message via the Feedback button under the gear tab within the app if you have any questions or encounter any problems.

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