[JDEV] Re: jdev digest, Vol 1 #474 - 16 msgs

[Frederic Faure]

At 03:38 07/11/00 -0600, you wrote:
>From: David Waite <dwaite at jabber.com>
>
>Envelope support will let you send to more than one user - although I'm not
>really a big fan of it or mod_filter
>
>Why? Because other than these two new 'upstart' features, there is no form of
>'amplification' that takes place within the server to resources, unless 
>they have
>signed up to receive them. Meaning, you have to have a 1:1 ratio of 
>messages sent
>to messages received, and spamming is impractical. Presence and groupchat both
>turn this into 1:n, but they are subscribed services - you don't receive the
>messages unless you have volunteered.

As I took my first look at Jabber this summer, the above is pretty much 
Greek to me... In any case, that's a feature that is very important, and 
typically overlooked. Even IRC doesn't support this easily (I know about 
private channels, but it's pretty much unusable by non-hackers). Instant 
messaging is a very useful tool, but even more if it's possible to hold a 
quick conversation with more than one host (and make this point-and-click :-).

Thx
FF.