On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 10:17:26AM -0400, Ralph Katz wrote:
On 08/12/2016 10:49 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:I'm looking for a decentralized instant message system (e.g. XMPP, SIP, ...) where I can be sure that I receive all messages, even if I'm not connected when the message is sent [ Obviously, I'll only receive them when I'm back online. ]IIUC there is some XMPP features that allow such reliable delivery, but it seems that it's not widely supported by clients. What Debian clients, using which protocols, can provide reliable instant messaging? Stefan PS: Bonus points if that feature is also available on an Android application that's Free Software.Has anyone mentioned pidgin which supports many protocols including sending SMS texts via AOL? I use it for AOL IM with OTR Off-the-Record Messaging plugin. I also like sending SMS texts from the keyboard as well.
How is sending by AOL decentralised?For the record, XMPP is a decentralised/federated system in the same way as email. If I have an account jul...@montague.org and I send a message to ro...@capulet.net, then that message can pass from my client machine, to my XMPP server (xmpp.mongague.org) to the recipient's server (megahost.verona.gov) and thence to the recipient's client. There is no single, central authority who knows all of the clients. There is no single point of failure. There is also the freedom for people to run their own servers (as juliet does) or to use the servers of some other organisation (i.e. "Cloud", as romeo does).
Can I create an AOL server on my own machine?
apt-cache show pidgin pidgin-otr Regards, Ralph
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