G+_Jason Perry Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Any suggestions for intranet messaging app? No video, no audio, stickers, just stripped down messaging on an internal network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Benjamin Webb Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 IRC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Peach Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I have an XMPP server (Prosody) and installed Pidgin on all my client machines. Simple enough that my users don't know how it works, but it does. Automatically logs them in when they log into their workstations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Mink Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I would think IRC if you want a large group chat & XMPP if you want one on one style messaging, as a starting point. If you're talking intranet, I assume there's no mobile users or users on multiple devices at a time? I'm also assuming that intranet means you don't have a strong need for security? How many total/concurrent users are we talking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Alan Burbol Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Openfire/Spark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 XMPP would probably be a good place to start. I believe it has some support for audio and video besides the text chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 XMPP it is. David Peach?, what do you have prosody running on, and what are it's strengths and weaknesses? John Mink?, the primary objective is windows desktops though I am not opposed to letting the mobe devices that people bring use it. Alan Burbol?, what do you have openfire/spark running on, and what are it's strengths and weaknesses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Mink Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Jason Perry? let us know how it goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Peach Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Jason Perry I am running it on a Debian box that also hosts a web server. Strengths: 1. Everything is configured (pretty much) through easily understandable text files. So I can add users and do the "send friend request" and "accept friend requests" all through text files. My users don't have to actually go through all those steps. 2. I have very rarely had to do anything with the system once I got it running 2 or 3 years ago. Weaknesses: 1. I have yet to convince myself that I have it locked down as far as security goes. I've never had a problem, but I do have it outward facing to the Internet. No one but me does it, but I can log in from the Internet and chat with the people back at the office. 2. Related to 2 above, because I have had to do precious little work on the system, every time I go to change something I have to look it up again because it has been a rock solid system. 3. On the positive side to my negative #2, they have a good IRC channel that is active and I have been able to get quick help on any issues I've had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 Thanks David Peach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Phillip “Phil” Adcock Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I work for a small company, about 50 employees and we sort our out who can chat with who. We have a lobbychat, everyone in our network uses this and everyone can see. Then each person is in one of two buckets. 1) Reps 2) supervisor/managers. Our reps group 1 can talk to anyone in in group 2, but no I'm group 1 can chat with group 1 employees (cuts down on gossip and non work related chatter. However group 2 can chat among themselves privately and message and converse with anyone in group 1 and also participate in lobby chat. So I would recommend the spark client based off of my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Black Merc Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Iptux no server required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Peach Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I guess I should say that my entire office is only 6 people. So it is not like I really have had to deal with a large install base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 Marco Silva?, you present a good point. Do I want it clients to easily connect to outside services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Peach Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 In my scenario, I wished my clients were ambitious enough to try. :-) The only people who even knows messaging exists is my wife and me. I'm not concerned about abuse. But I can see that it is something to consider in other environments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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