[ale] in house instant message solution

[Chuck Payne]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Michael B. Trausch <mike at trausch.us> wrote:
> 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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Wouldn't Bonjour pick up devices like NAS'es, Printers and other
devices as well. I have set up Bonjour as a server, but I know on
Safari if you click on Bonjour button anything and everything that has
show up.

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