Craig actually figured out a somewhat interesting means to get online
late last night using a local jabberd server.
For anyone who's interested, here's the breakdown for the Psi and GAIM
clients.
Psi:
If you do not have a Jabber account, then set up an account with any
convenient Jabber server (there's a list of public servers at
http://www.jabber.org/user/publicservers.html)
Note: you do NOT have to have an account at the jabber.org server
to use their chatrooms, any Jabber ID will do, the servers will
handle the details from there
Bring your Jabber ID online
Select "Join Groupchat" from the main menu
For "Host" enter 'conference.jabber.org'
For "Room" enter 'plug'
For "Nickname" enter a value of your choosing
Click the "Join" button
A window will open into the conference
Thereafter, when you wish to rejoin the conference, you will be able
to select the plug conference from the "Recent" dropdown in the same
join dialog.
GAIM:
If you do not have a Jabber account, then set up an account with any
convenient Jabber server (there's a list of public servers at
http://www.jabber.org/user/publicservers.html)
Note: you do NOT have to have an account at the jabber.org server
to use their chatrooms, any Jabber ID will do, the servers will
handle the details from there
Bring your Jabber ID online
From the "Buddies" Menu, select "Add Chat"
For "Room" enter 'plug'
For "Server" enter 'conference.jabber.org'
For "Handle" enter the nickname you want for the conference
For "Password" leave this field blank
For "Alias" leave this field blank
Select a buddy group to put this chat reference in
Click the "Add" button
From then on, you can double-click the "Buddy" for that chat room,
and it'll open up the ongoing conference.
Alan Dayley wrote:
>>On Thursday 27 January 2005 11:11 pm, Joseph Sinclair wrote:
>
>
>>> The point was setting up a conference that supports the MUC protocol,
>>> which is integrated into some IM clients, and offers some feature
>>> improvements over the IRC protocol. I thought it might be good to have
>>> BOTH protocols available, possibly with a bridge between them (I think
>>> it's possible to do that on the server hosting the MUC conference).
>>
>>
>
>I know. IRC isn't "cool" anymore.
>
>I don't mean to discourage your efforts or idea. I was just pointing out the
>existence of the IRC channel already setup for Phoenix. Wouldn't want to
>flood Philly with out users. :^)
>
>There are many chat technologies now. Web based, IM including Jabber many
>other protocols and the original IRC. I don't really care what the group
>uses. If we use too many, we get spread too thin and none of them will get
>much use.
>
>If you think your solution is best, set it up and sell it to the group. Looks
>like Craig wants on board and need some assistance. Maybe more will join up.
>
>Alan
>
>PS. Great. Now my name is in a subject line. Know what comes up when I
>google my name? Now it will always land on the PLUG archive!
>>
>
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