Re: [cobalt-users] Chat server application

[David Thurman <dthurman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 4-11-02 7:34 AM, Colin J. Raven at duiker@xxxxxxxxx was reported to have
made a statement that said this:

> Hi Gang!
> Back after some months of getting settled down in new country, new job etc.
> Dragged my cobalts from the US to NL, finally got DSL installed, now getting
> machines set up all over again. Re-subscribed today, caught up on 4 months
> of posts...nice to be back!!!!
> Well, to business now.
> I'd like to set up a chat server on a decently configured Qube2 (256MB RAM)
> which - might - as a max number, have perhaps 4 clients at most. Anyone have
> an idea what sort of chat server (and <sob> windows) client software is out
> there that's been used by the community and found to be decent???
> Greetings to old colleagues, I can't tell you how good it was to see well
> known names still around in the archives this morning.
> Regards & Warm wishes to the community.
> -Colin
> --
> Colin J. Raven
> 
Colin
You can try Jabber, it's open source. I installed it on a Debian box, got it
to work sort of, only played with it but I think it should be workable. The
claim is that it will work with AIM, MSN, Yahoo and ICQ to relay between
those IM setups. Forget where they are, just try Jabber on google.
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Thank you,
David E Thurman
The Web Presence Group
309.676.5688
dthurman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.webpresencegroup.net