You can use Pidgin and any of the protocols that support multi user chat: - MSN - Jabber(XMPP/gtalk) - IRC (oldie but goldie) (the others require registering a username with password, IRC doesn't) - others I don't know in detail
Regards, David > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Phillips > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Multiparty Chat > > I subscribed to this list to learn more about Pidgin so that > I could ask > intelligent questions, but most of the discussions are about > topics that > far exceed my understanding of Pidgin's capabilities. Currently, a > number of people in my group chat on a BBS using the site's internal > flash client. Not only does the board require a monthly or annual > subscription that is too expensive, but also the moderators > are getting > extremely restrictive in what can be chatted. Therefore, I > want to set > up a chat room that requires a login to access (membership > required, but > not paid membership.) Some people would want to use a web > interface, but > I would want to use Pidgin, as some others probably would. > > Can you recommend a service to host the chat? Is there > software that I > can install on my cPanel-hosted shared server account? Pidgin is my > current IM client for AOL and Yahoo, but it is amazing to see > how much > more it can do. > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
