From: Neil Darlow neil@darlow.co.uk Subject: Jabber service Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 14:21:58 +0100

Hi All,

Those of you suffering Micro$oft-phobia, but who need to converse with their MSN Messenger handicapped buddies, might find this useful.

I have a Jabber server, with MSN Messenger transport, running at darlow.co.uk which I would be happy for LUG members to use.

The server name is: darlow.co.uk and it accepts plaintext connects on port 5222 and SSL-encrypted connects on port 5223.

There are a number of Jabber clients for Linux of which gabber seems to be the most popular but I have had some success using the gaim multi-protocol IM client also.

You'll need either a Hotmail/MSN e-mail account or an ordinary e-mail account registered with Microsoft Passport to use the MSN Messenger Transport but for general Jabber IM or use of the chatrooms you only need to create an account on the server.

Please feel free to pass this offer on to your LUG members.

Regards, Neil Darlow M.Sc. -- Beds Lugmaster