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40 This protocol is described for developers in [XEP-0357: Push Notifications]. |
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54 `push_notification_important_body` `New Message!` The body text to use when the stanza is important (see above), no message body is sent if this is empty |
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59 `push_notification_with_sender` (\*) `false` Whether or not to send the real message sender to remote pubsub node. Enabling this may expose your contacts to your client developers and OS vendor. Not recommended. |
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