Re: Instant Messenger software
On Thursday 09 November 2006 18:33, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: Can anyone here recommend an IM client/server software that runs on FreeBSD? We use ejabberd for the server, and Kopete (Unix) and Psi (Windows) for the client. -- Kirk Strauser pgpHlCUAHAGmr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Instant Messenger software
Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: Can anyone here recommend an IM client/server software that runs on FreeBSD? I'm looking at DBabble, but I see no port (which would be nice). We like BSD servers and are getting a lot of requests for this type of private service. But if BSD is not recommended, please tell. Thanks in advance! It might help to list any special requirements you might have. For instance, our specs required that we logged all messages on a mysql database backend. Also, the suggestion to visit this list: http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jadmin is a good one. Very helpful, knowledgeable people there. As far as BSD, AFAIK, there are 3 servers to choose from in the ports. jabber 1.4, jabberd2 ejabberd. When I went to install jabber 1.4, it was marked as ignore at the time because of a security issue which has since been fixed, so I didn't really get to do much with it. Jabberd2 required a plug-in named bandersnatch to get the mysql logging to work. Unfortunately the plug-in does not work with the current perl release, so if you want to get it up and running w/ jabberd2, you have to install older perl modules from backpan. Bandersnatch does work with ejabberd, however there's an issue that's been documented on the bandersnatch forum that it will suddenly quit working after a while for no reason. It doesn't appear that any further maintenance is being done on bandersnatch as some of these issues have been posted on the forum for 6 months or so with no response. There are other plug-ins to log messages for ejabberd in either xml or mnesia, but I haven't gotten around to trying them out yet. I'm not sure if bandersnatch currently works with jabber 1.4 or not. As far as wildfire, the same issue exists. There is a plug-in for message logging to sql called I-Ball, but from reading the forums, it isn't working with the current release. The open-source version does log to xml. Because of the plug-in issue, I've never tried wildfire. As far as ease of configuration, IMHO I found jabber 1.4 jabberd2 easier to set up that ejabberd. If I recall correctly, jabber 1.4 jabberd2 use xml config files that are easy to read (IMHO). ejabberd's config files were a little more difficut for me because I am unfamiliar with the syntax, and found the error reporting (when I made a mistake or two) to be somewhat cryptic. Overall I think the biggest issue I had with any of these was modifying the DNS record by adding an SRV record so that users could log in using [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] You also might want to check out jabber.org. They have a list comparing the various servers that are available, and give a nice chart that gives a feature score which is described as rough percentage of expected server features that each implementation claims to support. Best regards, Greg Groth ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Instant Messenger software
Can anyone here recommend an IM client/server software that runs on FreeBSD? I'm looking at DBabble, but I see no port (which would be nice). We like BSD servers and are getting a lot of requests for this type of private service. But if BSD is not recommended, please tell. Thanks in advance! -- Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Instant Messenger software
Robert Fitzpatrick writes: Can anyone here recommend an IM client/server software that runs on FreeBSD? I'm looking at DBabble, but I see no port (which would be nice). We like BSD servers and are getting a lot of requests for this type of private service. But if BSD is not recommended, please tell. Would we be correct in assumong you've wandered through /usr/ports/net-im? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Instant Messenger software
On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 19:28 -0500, Robert Huff wrote: Robert Fitzpatrick writes: Can anyone here recommend an IM client/server software that runs on FreeBSD? I'm looking at DBabble, but I see no port (which would be nice). We like BSD servers and are getting a lot of requests for this type of private service. But if BSD is not recommended, please tell. Would we be correct in assumong you've wandered through /usr/ports/net-im? Thanks, any recommendations? -- Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Instant Messenger software
I'm getting ready to implement soon, and have settled on either ejabberd (which has a port) or wildfire (which doesn't seem to, but I haven't updated my ports in a long time.) Kurt On 11/9/06, Robert Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone here recommend an IM client/server software that runs on FreeBSD? I'm looking at DBabble, but I see no port (which would be nice). We like BSD servers and are getting a lot of requests for this type of private service. But if BSD is not recommended, please tell. Thanks in advance! -- Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Instant Messenger software
One other thing: Might be worth your while to hang out on this list: http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jadmin On 11/9/06, Robert Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone here recommend an IM client/server software that runs on FreeBSD? I'm looking at DBabble, but I see no port (which would be nice). We like BSD servers and are getting a lot of requests for this type of private service. But if BSD is not recommended, please tell. Thanks in advance! -- Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Instant Messenger software
Robert Fitzpatrick writes: Can anyone here recommend an IM client/server software that runs on FreeBSD? I'm looking at DBabble, but I see no port (which would be nice). We like BSD servers and are getting a lot of requests for this type of private service. But if BSD is not recommended, please tell. Would we be correct in assumong you've wandered through /usr/ports/net-im? Thanks, any recommendations? Nope - gave it up for Lent back in the Carter administration. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
