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Re: [88attendees] use of Jabber

Derek Atkins <DAtkins@mocana.com> Mon, 04 November 2013 22:25 UTC

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Subject: Re: [88attendees] use of Jabber
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On Mon, 2013-11-04 at 14:18 -0800, joel jaeggli wrote:
> On Nov 4, 2013, at 2:11 PM, Howard, Lee <lee.howard@twcable.com> wrote:
> 
> > Second or third meeting in a row, I've tried to find a jabber server on
> > which I can create an account so I can participate remotely.  I've started
> > clicking through public lists of servers, and after four fails, decided it
> > might not just be me.  Previous accounts have gone stale, or I've
> > forgotten the password, and I can't re-enable.
> > 
> > It occurs to me that if I'm having this much trouble using a tool I've
> > used before, then newcomers might also be having trouble. And being new,
> > they might be less willing to look ignorant by asking for help.
> > 
> > Anyone have a running server with registration and configuration
> > instructions in English?  Or other pointers to help?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> 
> google seems to do a pretty good job of keeping their service up.

Which will work fine until the rest of the XMPP world changes over to
require S2S encryption sometime next year.  (C.f. Peter StAndre's talk
at Appsarea this morning)

-derek

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