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ppjet6

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    Comment #33706056

    I was going to say, "Have you tried poezio?".

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    Comment #23779095

    As a board member of the XSF for this term and for the first time, I don't really find myself in disagreement. It seems to me the culture of change is almost nonexistent and it's h…

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    Comment #22209825

    I agree, and this is one of the reasons I use (and contribute to) XMPP. For the Extensibility part.

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    Comment #22209725

    > a lot more Than allowing for messaging or "social network"-like features? From the user in practice, Matrix and XMPP (IM) are the same. These protocols might have made different …

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    Comment #22189552

    I want to say "it's complicated". Probably any single protocol could be used to build a client that Slack or WhatsApp or [insert your target here] users would appreciate with good …

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    Comment #22189376

    You can also do XMPP over HTTP (long-polling aka bosh, or websockets). If people really want to add a layer, it is doable :)

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    Comment #22186979

    I've been prosody for about 10 years now and I've always been happy with it. You can get it at https://prosody.im , and if necessary there's a good tutorial at https://homebrewserv…

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    Comment #22186946

    fwiw Pidgin is the cause of many rants in the XMPP "inner circles" since the adoption of new feature is close to 0.

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    Comment #22186915

    Maybe the OMEMO issues you're talking about are worth reporting?

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    Comment #22186886

    As I understand it, Pidgin's XMPP feature hasn't been maintained for some time now. It doesn't do many core features well or at all. If you like it and it suits you, great :)

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    Comment #22185931

    Congrats!

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    Comment #21564191

    Because nobody said it and everybody is centered on how XMPP is ugly/beautiful: Congrats for the release :)

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    Comment #21564158

    You missed xmpp.net for TLS which has been here for as long as I can remember.

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    Comment #21564143

    > XMPP is a lot like email. There is no money in it [..] I want to disagree with this specifically. There is lots of money in email. /me eyes Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft.

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    Comment #21274310

    Curious to know where they got that info from. The source seems to be heise.de, and that's the only other article I can find about it. As for the EU, did they just ask the nerd in …

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    Comment #20020934

    See also https://www.japantimes.co.jp/tag/ore-ore-sagi/

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    Comment #19248354

    Noted! Thanks for the comment.

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    Comment #19217030

    Jeremie Miller, 1999: > "Jabber is a new project I recently started to create a complete open-source platform for Instant Messaging with transparent communication to other IM syste…

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    Comment #18825901

    I cannot agree with this enough. So many resources wasted trying to replicate what's already been done, but this is not an issue with XMPP only. There are still lots of fun challen…

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    Comment #18825861

    While I understand the concerns and I appreciate all of what Conversations' author is doing for the community, other clients have also seen significant improvements lately. Gajim[0…

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    Comment #18825449

    Cake! As I said in another thread, glad to see the community is still active.