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Jabber or XMPP is an opensource xml-based IM protocol used in such popular applications as GTalk and Facebook-chat.

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Is Jabber the same thing as XMPP?

I find conflcting information on this subject. Are they the same thing? I've read that Jabber is "based" on XMPP. For example: The chat client "Pidgin" has a box for XMPP but seemingly not for Jabber. Yet, it seems to support it. What's the…
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Hang on jabber-connect in emacs

I use jabber.el to connect to my work chat server from within emacs. This was working until recently, but now when I run jabber-connect it hangs after prompting for my JID. Emacs locks up until I cancel it with C-g, at which point I see: Buffer "…
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How do I connect a 3rd party XMPP client to Cisco's Jabber Video?

Cisco's Jabber Video client does not support Linux. I would like to connect to the rest of my company's users with a 3rd party XMPP client like Pidgin. Is this possible? The setup terminology is slightly different which is also confusing. Jabber…
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How can I get Skype-like shared history among all clients using Jabber?

Skype does this neat thing where it sends the same history (event log, message log) to all clients connected to that account. This results in exactly the same chat log on all clients, even containing your own messages in correct chronological order.…
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What is "Priority" and "Resource" in XMPP?

I don´t know if those are the names in english, but it spanish is "Prioridad" and "Recurso". I see this when I want to configure an XMPP client. In "Priority" I see that I have to put a number, and I suppose (I´m not sure) that depending on the…
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How to use MCabber (a Jabber client) with Google Enterprise Account?

My company has signed up with Google Apps for Business so I have a Gmail address of the form myname@mycompany.com. I use MCabber as a chat client and am unable to connect using my working mcabberrc file (which works with my @gmail.com account) with…
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Command line Jabber client

Does anyone know of a command line jabber client that would run in OS X in the terminal?
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How can I connect Pidgin to Google Hangouts?

I've followed several Howto's with no success. Do I need a special type of account perhaps? I did turn on access for less secure apps. Is there a waiting period for Hangouts after creating a new Google account? I don't use Google Apps but there…
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Jabberd2 vs. ejabberd

I'm thinking about setting up a jabber/xmpp daemon. Now I can't really decide which daemon to use. I've heard and read that jabberd2 and ejabberd are both good choices, but which one is better? Maybe there's even another which can come up with…
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Can XMPP/Jabber support editing of messages and offline message like in Skype?

I've got used to edit about 30% of my messages in Skype. Also I expect my messages to be delivered in the end independently of whether the peer is online now or not (i.e. eventually the message will arrive when we both will be online). I haven't…
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Using Google Talk with a non-apps, non-gmail Google account

I created a Google account with an existing e-mail address from a domain that is NOT hosted by Google. This address is not on an Apps domain and has no gmail service of any kind. Still I am able to add it as a Google account on an Android device…
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How to add a Jabber contact to gtalk?

HI there, I thought it is trival, but I could not get it to work even with loads of googling. So, how do I add an jabber contact to my gtalk contact list? I tried in psi, pidgon and gmail, but the jabber account does not recieve my request for…
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How to get a password from gnome-keyring

I have recently forgotten password for my jabber account, which doesn't have any simple way to reset it (e-mail only). I have this password stored however on gajim on one of computers I use (I have root access). Gajim stores the password with…
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Google Chrome and jabber connection

I just see in netstat output that Google Chrome established jabber connection to Google IPs. Anybody have ideas why? GMail chat is off. root@debian:~# netstat -tnp Active Internet connections (w/o servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address …
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Command line jabber chat clients for windows?

I only use Google Talk, and was wondering if there were any jabber command line clients for windows? I prefer command-line as I use it a lot on a day to day basis, and it seems much easier. The client can be either some windows only program, or a…
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