It would be so nice to have some sort of messaging function in Zeitcoin, just so we could talk to each other and make announcements like these. There should be some sort of charge to limit spamming, to be paid into the network and paid out as the block reward.
Naturally the functionality should be COMPLETELY optional, but I think having a communications platform on the wallet would make it useful for letting everyone know when a new mandatory update is coming.
Zeit already has it an announcement feature, Ray has beamed an update message to only the old wallets,
but we have ~16 that have not updated yet.
There was no need to beam the message to the current wallets which is why you did not see it.
Ray is Amazing.
An open communications method in the wallet that everyone can use would be a bad idea,
as spammers would find a way to bombard us with ads, if an open communications was included.
A good example, is that windows users used to be able to send messages directly to any IP address, but because of the spammers, that was blocked. It also could be a source of malware infection , by sending links. Current announcement system is by dev only , no one else can use it, only for important update info regarding zeit.
FYI:
Zeit users should make a habit of checking the forums, as we can more easily communicate with each other thru this forum and the official forum.
Thanks for quick response. 
