From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 3 22:42:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4B40106567A for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2010 22:42:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richardsc@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59DA08FC0C for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2010 22:42:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe42 with SMTP id 42so2206996yxe.13 for ; Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:42:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:content-type:mime-version :subject:from:in-reply-to:date:content-transfer-encoding:message-id :references:to:x-mailer; bh=ATMFcC28SRWgifCjF6/GL2zc9Yv/uuEzTksJJ4Gg68E=; b=Vat0nZ8SKqW+vXCyuCa48xFQioFwYSPjVfHSACuAVte3hGgD4GIw1NLLNk1JTde+BL TJF/WKMmiISxNvOd3GGvx+xfZJ0ESsqR45tsjv6dZXkzusy5ubW/nh00MbuvbL0dYV3n J6kJmSFdyVdPdEJFWoe0MABgVT81yFslgWsC4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=ZzEX+tgRLs5JykDvWO4TlEJo5vjqGnasRxUEZzCkl5YApoZzKpzaLr9ASal9zSoy+X GFjMIrCIlU8NlDywf1N6tDWeC5S1OlmJX5VyNorw9Wk9EhlwsKiwPULEpzP5YXnGXTIF dLnskFUD/tsgO43oMXYUeJfcM8OQnhWlozWfU= Received: by 10.151.128.7 with SMTP id f7mr8657359ybn.313.1280873770299; Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:16:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [68.71.155.9] ([68.71.155.9]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u41sm119743yba.1.2010.08.03.15.16.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:16:08 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) From: Charles Richards In-Reply-To: <20100803161847.12608069.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 16:15:19 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <3CC44CAB-F062-4CD1-A8A8-D859EC5A55B6@gmail.com> References: <4C587815.2090601@gmail.com> <20100803161847.12608069.wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Freebsd questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) Subject: Re: lightweight Chat client/server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:42:21 -0000 You can tune the openfire JVM configuration to run in 256MB of RAM, = possibly less with only < 6 users. You also do not need to use an external DB for it - it can run with it's = own embedded DB. It's probably the easiest to install / configure Jabber client I've come = across, but there's a good list noted here: = http://xmpp.org/software/servers.shtml Charles Richards www.charlesrichards.net richardsc@gmail.com On Aug 3, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Depo Catcher : >>=20 >> I have a combination of Spark (windows client) and Open Fire (FreeBSD=20= >> server, actually Java) for my lan. >> We've used this setup for years, but the OpenFire server takes up = ~500 +=20 >> MB. >>=20 >> Anyways, we were looking for something a bit smaller. >> We just need to send text messages to LAN users (less than 6) and=20 >> supports a nice windows client. >> We're not suppose to use any external services (yahoo messenger, aol, = etc) >=20 > We've been using Jabber for several years internally. Works well and > has clients for just about every OS I know of. >=20 > Don't know if it could be considered lightweight, though, since it > requires an SQL server on the backend. If you already have another > SQL server in production, you could just install the DB there, as its > DB usage is pretty light. >=20 > --=20 > Bill Moran > http://www.potentialtech.com > http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"