David Woolley wrote: > On 09/11/17 16:18, Richard Hector wrote: > > If my phone company in New Zealand goes away, that doesn't mean your > > phone number in Texas is now useless - I can get a new connection from a > > new company, and call you as before. > > Instant messaging systems aren't interconnected in the way that phone > companies are. A better analogy is that, if all voice phones cease to > operate, you can still send paper mail to your postal address in Texas. Some > IM services use addresses that only they can use, like the phone number, > others allow you to use the equivalent of looking you up in the phone > directory every time.
XMPP behaves exactly as Richard stated. When ddg shut off, for example, I moved some of my ddg contacts to my own XMPP server and was none the worse for the wear. Ethan _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
