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-- Peter Saint-Andre email+jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] weblog: http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/ 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > and then anything sent to that address gets forwarded to you. > > Dave Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 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. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > TRUE Consulting Group > > 201 - 2079 Falcon Road > > Kamloops BC V2C4J2 www.true.bc.ca > > (250) 828-0881 fax: (250) 828-0717 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > jdev mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev > > > > _______________________________________________ > jdev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev > _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
