Re: OT: private messaging tool?

2015-05-19 Thread Stephen Partington
So newsgroup? or even really old school with UUCP? sorry, low blow :-) you can certainly host a jabber instance pretty easy. or even an IRC server? On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 2:12 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Thanks Stephen. The Google drive simultaneous edit functionality is probably my

OT: private messaging tool?

2015-05-19 Thread joe
Is there such a thing as a private message exchange tool that one can install on one's own web host server to allow two (or more) people to write and edit an ongoing stream of notes in the most efficient, least cumbersome manner? Decades ago, I had just such a tool with an old bulletin board

Re: OT: private messaging tool?

2015-05-19 Thread Stephen Partington
oh the part of owncloud that i forgot to mention, https://apps.owncloud.com/ they have apps that you can use to add functionality past stock. They also have a libreoffice integration that i have yet to try to set up. but it suggests you can integrate directly with libreoffice or stream

Re: OT: private messaging tool?

2015-05-19 Thread joe
After posting the subject question, I found a couple of options, one of which is http://www.quicktopic.com -- not bad, but still not as simple as I would like and not hosted on my own system. So, still looking for better options. --- PLUG-discuss

Re: OT: private messaging tool?

2015-05-19 Thread Stephen Partington
The Google drive simultaneous edit functionality is probably my favorite feature of their services... however. Take a look at owncloud. it is an opensource/php driven relative. On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 12:43 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Is there such a thing as a private message exchange tool

Re: OT: private messaging tool?

2015-05-19 Thread joe
Thanks Stephen. The Google drive simultaneous edit functionality is probably my favorite feature of their services... I agree that simultaneous edit is great. Just want to find something a **whole lot simpler** and faster. however. Take a look at owncloud. it is an opensource/php driven

Re: OT: private messaging tool?

2015-05-19 Thread joe
Stephen last wrote in part: So newsgroup? or even really old school with UUCP? you can certainly host a jabber instance or even an IRC server I've heard of these things but never used any of them and know nothing about them. Just looked up jabber and trying to digest. Perhaps there is a