[TriLUG] IM server solution for MS Messenger clients

Maarten Lippmann m.w.lippmann at gmail.com
Wed Sep 5 12:23:02 EDT 2007


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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