[JDEV] Jabber and WDDX

[Eliot Landrum]

Just a couple of responses that I knew I could help with..

On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, John Price wrote:

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> Hi.  I've been throwing around the idea of creating another IM
> server/client, and a friend pointed me to the Jabber web page.
> Looks like you guys (and gals?) are looking for basically the same
> things I am.

It seems as though a lot of people have the same feelings.. I've talked to
more than a couple of people who have said that they were about to start a
new IM system, but then they found Jabber..

> What about encrypted messages?  Will that be possible?

Answered in the User FAQ.

> One thing I really wanted to have with my system is a way for the
> server to store most, if not all, the users configuration (client
> list at least) so that when the user decides to install another
> client on another machine, he/she does not have to remember all
> their contacts.  Or even if I go to a friend's house, and I want to
> login as me on his machine...  And why not allow two or more clients
> to run on the same machine, logged in as two users (say, if I'm at my
> friend's house, and we both want to be available for chat).

The FAQ talks about this as well. The list of contacts (Roster) is all
stored on the server. And of course you can have more than one client on
one machine.. I usually have a zABBER (tk/tcl) client running with the
nick "zABBER" and then cabbar (GTK+) running with the nick "cabbar." Both
of these are under my name and whichever client has the highest priority
gets the messages (or someone can send a message directly to one of the
clients if they wish). There is also no difficulty in loading two clients
with completely different users.. I do that at my friends house often as
well.

Hope I helped somewhat.. I may need to clarify the client thing in the
FAQ. I will check on that and possibly update it.

Eliot Landrum
eliot at landrum.cx