These are programs that run on a server that act as a gateway between Jabber and the other network. The things that allow this to happen are transports. There are a few handy features of Jabber aside from the basic function of sending messages to other Jabber users, among these, the most useful are sending messages to people not using Jabber. If they are not online, then the message will wait on the server until they log in. To send a message, simply double-click the name of the person you want to send to.
You should click the Add/Auth button if you want them to add you. This page is targetted at Psi version 0.9. This page is to allow you to follow a set of instructions that explains what is what in a (hopefully) useful manner. I use Psi as my primary Jabber client, however after walking several people through the set up of it, I got annoyed about how non-obvious some parts of the setting up are. More information on Jabber can be found here or here. Jabber servers also sometimes have the ability to connect to other networks, such as ICQ, MSN Messenger, and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). However, it has the advantage of open protocols and extensibility, which means that there is a huge number of clients avaliable, and they they don't all just do messaging. Psi is a Jabber client, in the same way that the MSN Messenger program is an MSN Messenger client, and the ICQ program is an ICQ client.īasically, Jabber is an Instant Messaging network, like ICQ.
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