[JDEV] Winpopup compatibility, multiple recipients

[Peter Saint-Andre]

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Peter

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On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Dave wrote:

> 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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