Pete, Currently, you can set up a wave server (there is some open source code to create one), and wave with other users on that system without sharing information with the google servers. However the wave front end client that is at http://wave.google.com won't connect to that server, so the functionality is very limited. There is one very simple text-based front end client included in the open-source release, but it's not nearly as functional as the web-based client that Google is hosting. To download the open source wave server, check out http://code.google.com/p/wave-protocol/. As far as I can tell, there is no wave equivalent of POP or IMAP yet, only a wave equivalent of SMTP (the Federation protocol). This is currently hindering the development of front end applications for Wave, which would make your scenario possible.
It's exactly the same as setting up your own private Exchange/Lotus Notes/sendmail email server at work. You can be sure that no emails will pass through GMail's servers as long as you don't email someone at Gmail, however if POP and IMAP are firewalled off of your server, you can't use GMail to check the email on your private email server without first forwarding it to your GMail account (and thus hosting it on Google's servers) On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:10 AM, pedron <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, i'm not trying to be thick, but just to clarify: > > I currently cannot set up, for instance, Google Wave on a server in my > private network. I must have access to the internet currently and > Google hosts all Waves currently. However, with any luck this may > change in the future? are there plans for this? > > I REALLY appreciate the straight answer. I read about it, but couldn't > seem to get the info i needed. thanks! > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Wave API" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-wave-api?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Wave API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-wave-api?hl=en.
