[ale] aim

[Robert L. Harris]

Is there a CLI version?  I like to leave it up under screen.

I'm using NAIM right now which seems similar in functionality to jabber.


Thus spake John Wells (jb at sourceillustrated.com):

> You both should take a look at jabber (jabber.org).  It's open source, you
> can run your own server, and it's distributed, which means I can be on my
> server as jb at devsea.com and can add Geoffrey to my contact list, even
> though he's logged into his own server and not mine.  So, you could
> potentially have a server setup for your family but still be able to
> communicate with the outside world.
> 
> You add a user to your contact list with a similar syntax to email.  For
> example, I have a server running at coastal.homelinux.org, so my userid is
> jb at coastal.homelinux.org.
> 
> Feel free to connect up to my home server and give it a try.  If you do,
> be sure to drop me a msg while you're there.  Another nice thing (not
> configured on my server yet) is that jabber supports both SSL for
> encrypting msgs and GPG for identification/authentication.
> 
> Also, jabber.org has a list of many publicly accessible servers if you
> don't wish to run your own.
> 
> John
> 
> Geoffrey said:
> > synco gibraldter wrote:
> >> i just made a new account with aol's instant messenger service --
> >> anybody else have one?  this list is great and all, but i wouldn't
> >> mind have a few technical people in my list for real time
> >> communication.
> >
> > I have a yahoo account, and was using gaim, but with the competing
> > standards and all, I got tired of dealing with trying to make sure I
> > could hook up to everyone.  I used to leave gaim up all the time, but no
> > longer..
> >
> > That's another side effect of Microsoft's approach to things.  Make them
> > incompatible so folks will have to user theirs.  Me, I just quick using
> > the technology all together.  Pretty sad..
> >
> > --
> > Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> >
> > The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
> > Think about it...
> >
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