[KLUG Members] ICQ - was: Is this the end of Netscape?

[Bruce Smith]

> Anyone using Jabber? I believe it supports encryption, gateways to other
> providers (AIM, ICQ, and Yahoo that I can think of), many clients to
> choose from, and you can run your own server. That might be advantageous
> for an organization that would want to use IM for certain business
> communications. As an added buzzword bonus, it's supposedly XML through
> and through as well.

I never used it, but I read up on Jabber awhile ago.

The advantage of Jabber for an organization is it's all open source,
there are clients for all OS's, and you can run your own server easily.

Running your own server has big advantages for an organization, since
you can run it behind a firewall, VPN it, and/or limit who has access.

Unfortunately I was unable to convince my boss that internal IM would
benefit our company.

> I agree on GAIM and Evolution too, though I'm not using any plugins in
> GAIM. GPG setup in Evo is a cinch. Just follow the online help!

The only problem I've found is Evo doesn't recognize encrypted email
from one client.  I have to save the message and run gpg --decrypt.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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