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Questions tagged [instant-messaging]

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Can any of the popular IM networks work like this?

Joe, Jack and Jill use IM as a communication medium among themselves in Company A, where they work, and with customers and partners around the world. No goofing off here -- it's a legitimate work tool. …
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Instant Messaging Server

There is increasing interest in my company for an internal IM implementation. What commercial or OSS products are currently available? are they easy to setup? does they have proprietary clients? any pitfalls that I should be aware of (exponential…
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Open source jabber based website "live chat" / "live help" system?

I don't know if this belongs on SF, SU or SO... let's try SF first. I'm looking for a "live help" system for website which uses Jabber/XMPP as a backend... so that website visitors could click a "Chat Now" button, and using AJAX, chat with operators…
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Enable user registration - eJabberd

I am a complete n00b to configuring Jabber/XMPP servers and I am hoping to get some help getting set up. I have done all of this and installed pidgin. I seem to be able set up my "admin-user" in pidgin no problem but when I try to register a new…
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Best lightweight linux IRC server for a team

I'm looking for suggestions for an extremely lightweight IRC server for linux. It does not need a bunch of features or bloat. It's is for just our internal team (50- people), and small footprint is important. I've been looking at InspireIRC, but…
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StackExchange/campfire like chat app or server

So I spend a lot of time at the Comms Room here in the SF chat, and I absolutely love the interface. It's a proprietary software, so, anyone know any open or free alternative that even begins to look like the SE chat? I searched before posting and…
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Looking for a centrally managed instant messaging system

We have a small school with classrooms across a few buildings. There are currently no phones going into each room but each teacher does have a school laptop and Internet. We need a way to instantly communicate with teachers from the office or vice…
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Require authentication for IRC connections (InspIRCd)

We're trying to move our team chat from Skype to a private IRC server (InspIRCd) and we need to require some sort of authentication to prevent public access. I know we could have a global server password but that doesn't allow us to control who has…
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Broadcast message to AD users possible?

I have SBS 08 and users with XP/Vista/7. I'd like to know if it's possible to broadcast a message to AD users while they are logged in the domain(for example to told users a reboot will be done, something like that) I'm not using terminal server. I…
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What are the best LAN communication systems?

What are the best messaging and VOIP systems for medium to large corporate networks? What have you found to be the best in your experience and why? It should support: Instant messaging Video and audio calls File transfer And it should be easy to…
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Find out why Linux chat script for ppp connection fails

I'm having trouble making a ppp connection over a GSM Modem. The Platform is an ARM based embedded device, running Debian Linux 5. The scripts worked before with this device, but not with the new shipment. I just can't get enough information out of…
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Internal Use Chat/Desktop Platform

I did some looking, but I didn't see a SF question directly related to this. I need to find a platform for internal/LAN use only for chat and desktop sharing. We got a lot people having to get up and walk over to another person's office for simple…
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How to block gmail web chat with squid and iptables?

Is it possible to block just the web chat service and still use email service using iptables and squid or using either one of them?
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Lync 2010 Group Chat Logging

My group is rolling out Lync 2010 Group Chat and it seems from the documentation that the Lync Server does not log actual conversation history for Group Chat. I find this suspect because if conversation history is enabled in a given chat channel,…
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Does ejabberd support audio/video calls?

My server is running Ubuntu and I have installed ejabberd as one of the famous xmpp servers in order to organize chatting system. Ejabbered is working fine with text messages, but I would like to know whether it supports audio/video calls or not?…
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