Google Reinstates Federated Jabber/XMPP Instant Messaging 32
jrepin writes "A few weeks ago the FSF reported that Google had started blocking invites sent from non-Google Jabber servers. This was done as a crude anti-spam measure. Google have since rolled out proper anti-spam filtering for its Jabber service, and has removed the invite block. This was announced a few days ago in a public mailing list post. This means that users of all Jabber servers will once again be able to fully communicate with Google users."
Re:Glad to know federated IM will work again (Score:5, Informative)
It's not hard. Barely takes ten minutes. We use one in work, tied to our domain.
Install Openfire on your servers (Windows/Linux). Set it up. Install Pidgin on your clients (or whatever you want to use). Set them up.
Stick a SRV record in your DNS (optional, the above is fine for an internal system).
Done.