[ale] in house instant message solution

[Chuck Payne]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:
> Jabber?
>
> On 3/11/10 2:03 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.
>>
>>
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Jabber is open source and again easy to use.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabber

How to set up a Jabber server

http://librenix.com/?inode=6294

http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-openfire-and-spark-debian-etch

The reason, I like openfire, because you can set up the users, once a
person logs in they can see everyone, no need to add. iChat on Mac OS
X Server is that way.


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