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December 18, 2006
Case IM Beta update
We're making good progress with the IM beta so far. Here are some notes on the current status of the service:
1. SRV records - Hopefully, we'll soon have SRV records in DNS. This will improve server-to-server traffic, as there are some Jabber servers(supposedly this includes GTalk(?)) that are known to not try s2s to servers that don't publish XMPP SRV records.
2. Domain name - Right now, the JIDs issued to users are of the form "NetworkID@messenger.case.edu" - I'm wondering if changing it to "NetworkID@case.edu" would be better? This would require a little bit of work - as then the SRV record would move from being a nice addition to being required, and any instances of "messenger.case.edu" in the database would have to be changed.
3. Web Services - At some point, we'll hopefully be making a web-based IM "presence" service available. This would allow users to embed an image or text on a web page (such as a blog indicating their current IM status.
4. Web-based IM - I'm still thinking about deploying some kind of web client for the service. The most likely choice is currently Claros Chat. I'd love to know if there are any good alternatives out there.
One other thing that I haven't mentioned before - the IM server is available to Alumni and anyone else with a valid Network ID, so check it out.
Posted by sdh7 at December 18, 2006 01:34 PM
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the JIDs issued to users are of the form "NetworkID@messenger.case.edu" - I'm wondering if changing it to "NetworkID@case.edu" would be better?
I think NetworkID@case.edu would be better.
Posted by: Jeremy Smith at December 18, 2006 02:45 PM
I may need to consult you on some SQL-foo, then.
Posted by: sdh7 at December 18, 2006 04:47 PM