[Xastir] Question/suggestion

[Jerry Chamberlin]

Someone needs to put in an "Instant" fix



On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:

> I dunno.  This is all starting to sound like some sort of gaim to me...
> 
> gerry n5jxs
> 
> Jerry Chamberlin wrote:
> > Get Everybuddy to run Everybuddy
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, J. Lance Cotton wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I've used Jabber in the past, when they were just getting jabberd 1.0 
> >>ready for release. I tried setting up a jabber server on my system, but 
> >>getting transports to work at all was a problem for me. Granted that was 
> >>a long time ago and last I heard they had a much better way to do 
> >>transport installs.
> >>
> >>But what would this require for msging for Xastir? Would each Xastir 
> >>user have to run jabberd? The simplicity of a jabber client depends on 
> >>the concept of the client only connecting to a jabber server and then 
> >>the *server* is what connects to all the various other IM systems for 
> >>interoperability.
> >>
> >>The idea of having each Xastir user running a jabber server is not very 
> >>appealing to me. Likewise, having a central jabber server for Xastir 
> >>users kind of makes an internet connection a requirement and is not a 
> >>good thing.
> >>
> >>Now, since the jabberd server is open source, and so are many clients, 
> >>we could incorporate some of their code into some decent msg interface 
> >>code as well as a way to communicate with 'the central xastir database' 
> >>which would incorporate some jabberd code to accept connections. Forget 
> >>all the 'Jabber Transport' module stuff.
> >>
> >>73 KJ5O
> >>Lance Cotton
> >>
> >>Ken Koster wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Wednesday 14 August 2002 19:36, Dick Reichenbach wrote:
> >>>...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Another component not mentioned yet is messaging.  Using the built in
> >>>>messaging features is pretty crude way of doing it.  Tying the central
> >>>>database into an IRC server application makes more sence, if you could
> >>>>secure it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Now there's an idea.  I was thinking of a simple stand-alone messaging app.
> >>>Instead, I think a jabber (http://www.jabbercentral.org) transport is in 
> >>>order.
> >>>
> >>>For those that don't know about jabber, it's an open-source instant messaging
> >>>protocol with distributed servers.  The protocol has been submitted as a
> >>>potential internet standard.  The server software includes transports that 
> >>>link it to users on ICQ,IRC,MSN,AIM etc.    I run a jabber server on our
> >>>WETNET (http://wetnet.net) system with AIM and ICQ transports.  If any
> >>>of you use a jabber compatible client, you're welcome to register with
> >>>jabber.wetnet.net.
> >>>
> >>>Ken,  N7IPB
> >>>JID: n7ipb at jabber.wetnet.net
> >>>
> >>
> >>-- 
> >>J. Lance Cotton, KJ5O
> >>Apple decided to charge money for my mac.com address so: 
> >>joe at lightningflash.net
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> >>the cookies.
> >>
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