[TriLUG] IM server solution for MS Messenger clients

[Tim Jowers]

Also see aMSN OpenSource MSN client. Among others.

I'm not sure ejabberd, jabberd, wildfire et al support MSN messenger or not.
I'd love to know. A quick search showed some  hookups to MSN but I suspect
that's a proxy-style system and not server emulation. ??? We're using some
retarded Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 on Winblows here and either most
of the features have been removed or its just plain freshman software.

TimJowers


On 9/5/07, Maarten Lippmann <m.w.lippmann at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> jbrigman at nc.rr.com wrote:
> > > Matt, Cristobal, etc. are right - there's an embarrassing
> embarrassment of embarrassing riches when it comes to Open Source IM, and
> lots of compatibility.
> > >
> > > Pidgin used to be GAIM...hence it is the studliest IM client ever was.
> MSN compatibility? Absolutely. Hoo Hah!
> > >
> > > One comment: Test for compatibility with the infernal hordes of closed
> IM clients. GAIM wouldn't do file transfers with MSN or Yahoo IM clients.
> > >
> yes it does, just got a file sent to my gaim through the msn protocol by
> someone using msn. and this is a debian etch (read old) version of
> gaim. (not 100% sure of the msn version, but likely windows live
> messenger)
> > > JKB
> > > ---- Matt Frye <mattfrye at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> I'm just trying to understand the question here...
> >> >>
> >>> >>> On 9/4/07, Jeff The Riffer <riffer at vaxer.net> wrote:
> >>>> >>>> I was hoping to find an open source IM server that would be
> compatible
> >>>> >>>> with Microsoft's client.
> >> >> Why would you want that?  If you're going to install a server
> product
> >> >> and you think highly enough of open source to use it on the server
> >> >> end, why not use an open source client?  The Pidgin client supports
> >> >> MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, etc.
> >> >>
> >> >> MPF
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