[ale] aim

[John Wells]

Robert,

I haven't personally tried it, but here you go:

http://imcom.floobin.cx

And here's a list of various linux clients and what they support:

http://www.jabber.org/user/clientlist.php?Platform=Linux


John


Robert L. Harris said:
>
>
> Is there a CLI version?  I like to leave it up under screen.
>
> I'm using NAIM right now which seems similar in functionality to jabber.
>
>
> Thus spake John Wells (jb at sourceillustrated.com):
>
>> You both should take a look at jabber (jabber.org).  It's open source,
>> you
>> can run your own server, and it's distributed, which means I can be on
>> my
>> server as jb at devsea.com and can add Geoffrey to my contact list, even
>> though he's logged into his own server and not mine.  So, you could
>> potentially have a server setup for your family but still be able to
>> communicate with the outside world.
>>
>> You add a user to your contact list with a similar syntax to email.  For
>> example, I have a server running at coastal.homelinux.org, so my userid
>> is
>> jb at coastal.homelinux.org.
>>
>> Feel free to connect up to my home server and give it a try.  If you do,
>> be sure to drop me a msg while you're there.  Another nice thing (not
>> configured on my server yet) is that jabber supports both SSL for
>> encrypting msgs and GPG for identification/authentication.
>>
>> Also, jabber.org has a list of many publicly accessible servers if you
>> don't wish to run your own.
>>
>> John
>>
>> Geoffrey said:
>> > synco gibraldter wrote:
>> >> i just made a new account with aol's instant messenger service --
>> >> anybody else have one?  this list is great and all, but i wouldn't
>> >> mind have a few technical people in my list for real time
>> >> communication.
>> >
>> > I have a yahoo account, and was using gaim, but with the competing
>> > standards and all, I got tired of dealing with trying to make sure I
>> > could hook up to everyone.  I used to leave gaim up all the time, but
>> no
>> > longer..
>> >
>> > That's another side effect of Microsoft's approach to things.  Make
>> them
>> > incompatible so folks will have to user theirs.  Me, I just quick
>> using
>> > the technology all together.  Pretty sad..
>> >
>> > --
>> > Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
>> >
>> > The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
>> > Think about it...
>> >
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