Bearcat M. Sandor wrote:
Really, if i'm the only one using it, are there advantages over native
connections?
In addition to what everyone else has said, I could add in a few things.
The main benefit is that since all the traffic goes over a Jabber
connection you receive all benefits that come with that automatically.
That list of benefits is long and not entirely specified (since people
can add features themselves there's no way for me to list them all). To
name a few, you get encrypted connections, client priority, and access
to various extra services running on the server like archiving. Also,
authentication is more flexible so that you can bind your Jabber
password to your computer account password, changing them simultaneously.
There's also more than pride as a reason to run your own server. For me
it means that things don't break unless I screw up. I've had issues with
AIM many times and been able to easily pick up communication with people
through other servies very easily since I was using transports.
I could go on and on. Basically, even though you may not be using Jabber
for both ends of the chat you still receive many of the advantages that
the use of Jabber brings.
The lack of file transfer support is an annoyance, though (no offense,
Daniel!)
~Chris
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