[ale] in house instant message solution

[Michael B. Trausch]

On 03/11/2010 02:03 PM, Geoffrey wrote:
> Anyone know of an 'in house' instant message solution?  That is,
> something that does not rely on yahoo, or aol or such providers?  Is
> there such an application for Linux?
>
> Looking for a solution for a small company that can be managed internally.

There is a zeroconf-based instant messaging protocol for LAN-scoped IM. 
  If you do not need to leave the LAN (or, you will always be attached 
to the LAN by way of a VPN), you could use that.  Otherwise, your best 
bet would be to set up an XMPP server (XMPP is the protocol that is 
formerly known as Jabber) and get that going, in which case you can use 
any XMPP client, which also includes Pidgin and Empathy.

The zeroconf IM protocol is called Bonjour.  It appears to be 
essentially a serverless XMPP that uses zeroconf to discover available 
peers for discussion.

See http://psi-im.org/wiki/Bonjour for more information on it.

	--- Mike

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