[JDEV] Winpopup compatibility, multiple recipients

[Dave]

mikem has a nice server-side solution for #2.
It's a group messaging transport.  You subscribe to
whateveryouwant at whateveryoucallthetransport.yourhostname.yourdomain,
and then anything sent to that address gets forwarded to you.

Dave Cohen <dave at dave.tj>


Brock Nanson wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure that this is the correct forum for this, but it was
> suggested by a contact involved with one of the clients out there!
> 
> I understand that many jabber clients will also function with other IM
> services.  What I haven't seen is whether any of the clients allow
> interaction with winpopup.
> 
> We have two offices connected by a VPN with samba boxes doing browse
> syncing etc.  Browsing with windows boxes works across the WAN.
> Winpopup does as well.  However, it apparently only sends to an
> individual or a work group.  Because of how the browsing works across
> the WAN, I can't have more than one workgroup on either end (unless I
> add additional samba boxes).  So IM using winpopup can go to only one
> recipient or a whole workgroup.  Clearly this is clumsy, but we live
> with it.
> 
> I recently added a Linux workstation to the mix.  No winpopup, although
> I understand there is a linpopup out there somewhere.  However, this is
> the time to look for a better solution.
> 
> Jabber seems an obvious choice as it allows me to run my own server.
> This is useful for both security and bandwidth reasons.  So features I'd
> be interested in seeing (or suggestions of a client that allows any of
> these ideas) are:
> 
> 1- the ability to interact with winpopup
> 
> 2- the ability to configure groups (pseudo-workgroups) and point and
> click a message to the members in one go.
> 
> 3- the ability to select graphically all desired recipients of a single
> message.
> 
> I think two and three are included in ICQ, but I don't want to blast
> inter-office stuff all over the internet if I can help it!  I haven't
> found a jabber client that will do this, but I haven't installed them
> all... However the documentation I've scanned doesn't seem to mention
> these abilities.
> 
> Any comments this might evoke would be appreciated.  Please CC me as I'm
> not yet on the list...
> 
> R Brock Nanson, P.Eng.   bnanson at true.bc.ca
> TRUE Consulting Group
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