My main benefit is to archive all my conversation into Gmail and not locally on a computer and depending on the client I am using.
On 12/21/06, Chris Carlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bearcat M. Sandor wrote: > Really, if i'm the only one using it, are there advantages over native > connections? In addition to what everyone else has said, I could add in a few things. The main benefit is that since all the traffic goes over a Jabber connection you receive all benefits that come with that automatically. That list of benefits is long and not entirely specified (since people can add features themselves there's no way for me to list them all). To name a few, you get encrypted connections, client priority, and access to various extra services running on the server like archiving. Also, authentication is more flexible so that you can bind your Jabber password to your computer account password, changing them simultaneously. There's also more than pride as a reason to run your own server. For me it means that things don't break unless I screw up. I've had issues with AIM many times and been able to easily pick up communication with people through other servies very easily since I was using transports. I could go on and on. Basically, even though you may not be using Jabber for both ends of the chat you still receive many of the advantages that the use of Jabber brings. The lack of file transfer support is an annoyance, though (no offense, Daniel!) ~Chris _______________________________________________ py-transports mailing list [email protected] http://www.modevia.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/py-transports
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