-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 9/15/13 9:55 AM, Ian Goldberg wrote: > On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 02:37:21PM +0200, Vlad Ion wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I have a quick question that I hope you can help me with: what >> messaging protocol can I use that would work with both Pidgin >> and OTR while ensuring that my messages get to the person that I >> sent it to? I have been using yahoo messenger and it is a total >> disappointment. It is losing messages left and right so, here I >> am searching for another protocol... maybe xmpp? > > Well, no protocol *guarantees* delivery, but indeed Yahoo in > particular does appear to drop messages more often than simply > having a configured-too-large MSS would suggest. XMPP is > definitely a good recommendation in this regard, though other > networks (AIM, etc.) also work.
Ian is right that there's really no such thing as guaranteed delivery in IM systems (that's something offered by high-end enterprise messaging technologies like Tibco). However, in the XMPP community we've put quite a bit of thought into making IM more reliable. Some examples (not implemented in all servers or clients, but we're making progress): http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0198.html http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0184.html Peter - -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.19 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSNin7AAoJEOoGpJErxa2poWAQAJdouUS4KobpOOBQCrnQayhr SkYHsvIAmKupH5Z8tz4dzXnjjpjQtNk+/LMK6Zc+gHyfkLM/wFjZhV/EOAV3djns otCtlI3biHbKMmUfdXOHgzcK6mbNJeG3/7fDcOh7jjHs6q3dWWht+WoXCv1GeqgL c92OHMDV4TK5RrR/AdAB44ya6wBCYcT9JUOGEJ4oRZwBeHQiU+OTMX3HKPsI8jiw ZMW3p0ZR5sy8/LHTUnnAgXIngPTJSmW3knl8icyaXHRiGUix1uuo/f/OsWj0bD7N rzUg7Nm0QXPgI6KMBad1K0fmaSyM+qVfNky7M0ki5zWdX+haNYZy2kGg78iNn5rS 4bsqxyYbEID/PSl480mIx5ON1qz7wwMPS/bAcB+1Cmgf3ISPFdO7el7cXJ1ApNX2 mfbR6v6yR/W7ASVNZirLwYG3IVrDFQJIx1igcAS1ZeaFwqTckHYHHZt18G1V8nId +4+HPCHp0wbdbmjhbMCsiHvjLuOIgz/S2gkMTDDmKN62dD0NmOs2KiqidDHrcJzS qVS7iUxgi9aaLA8huAi61wB8uPcMkr8GVrXblg/uHCKLplufmc6yNHKaWkTphx+O kJOzoB+8XtGBa5ez66/BR6Afgpihr198PKF3GIYccXG5SEV0SMwJC9XPafEXSsa9 i5kF3+Xt4oksx6eWs3Jl =vlzj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ OTR-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.cypherpunks.ca/mailman/listinfo/otr-dev
