OK. Thank you. 
2 2004-11-01 12:57
Re: Jabber (23 replies, posted in Feature requests)
Rickard wrote:
Ok, so if there was a Jabber field in the profile, you would enter maggu@jabber.org or if you had setup a "home resource" or whatever, you would enter maggu@jabber.org/Home?
Yes. (I would enter maggu@jabber.org myself.)
Btw, I don't really think anyone will ever have any need to specify a specific resource in this context.
3 2004-11-01 12:54
Re: Jabber (23 replies, posted in Feature requests)
Frank H wrote:
how is spam stopped, if anyone can set up a server?
That is a potential problem, but you have the same problem even when it's not possible for anyone to set up a server. In that case, anyone can still register with the service to send spam. The solution is the same: To refuse communication with some IP numbers if and when needed.
At least you can't set anything you wish as sender id, the way you can in SMTP (the current Internet e-mail protocol).
4 2004-11-01 12:48
Re: Jabber (23 replies, posted in Feature requests)
Rickard wrote:
What does a Jabber username look like?
It has the same syntax as an e-mail address (except that international characters, like å, ä and ö may be used), but it's not an e-mail address. In other words like this, in ABNF-notation:
[ node "@" ] domain [ "/" resource ]
Or, to be more specifik, like this:
jid = [ node "@" ] domain [ "/" resource ]
domain = fqdn / address-literal
fqdn = (sub-domain 1*("." sub-domain))
sub-domain = (internationalized domain label)
address-literal = IPv4address / IPv6address
For example, my Jabber address is maggu@jabber.org. It's possible to add a resource as well (maggu@jabber.org/Home), in order to e.g. use the same Jabber id for home and work and still be able to reach a specific location.
5 2004-11-01 12:30
Re: Jabber (23 replies, posted in Feature requests)
Ah. This was the feature I wanted to request as well.
Rickard wrote:
Why is Jabber better than anything else?
Because it's the only mature IM-system standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (http://www.ietf.org/)? Among other things it means that the protocol, XMPP, is open. Besides, it's distributed, meaning that anyone can set up a Jabber server and anyone registered on that server can communicate with any other Jabber user in the world. Sort of like e-mail. (That was one of the IETF requirements.)