[Asterisk-Users] Instant Messaging: with SIP or XMPP

[Nicholas Kathmann]

I use Wildfire with the asterisk IM plugin, and it seems to work really 
well.  I'm running Trillian pro (Trillian basic does not support Jabber, 
it's an added cost option ~$25), and our clients are running Exodus.  I 
do know GAIM doesn't show the status, only that the user is 
unavailable.  Wildfire also has the ability to publish rosters to the 
clients, meaning you can create custom groups with specified users.  
This keeps the users from having to request everyone they need as a 
friend, etc.  The only drawback I'm seen so far is that it's still a 
pretty manual process, at least as far as I can tell.  You will have to 
go into the Wildfire management and map the user's phone to the screen name.

We don't use IM to place calls or receive calls through *, just see 
presence status.

Thanks,
Nicholas Kathmann, CISSP
Kathmann Consulting, LLC

Chris Bagnall wrote:

>Have you looked at Wildfire (was Jive Messenger) with the Asterisk-IM
>plugin? It seems to work fairly well in my experience. I have it running
>here at home and also on one client's network. The XMPP client they provide
>(Spark) is a bit primitive, but something like Trillian also supports the
>required XMPP telephony extensions for asterisk integration.
>
>You don't really say what you want to do with IM and how it relates to
>asterisk though. People might be in a better position to reply when they
>have a firm idea of what you're trying to achieve.
>
>Regards,
>
>Chris
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