Sending Jabber/XMPP Messages via HTTP
49 points by inputmice 8 hours ago | 6 comments
gogasca 3 hours ago
The world was a better place with Jabber/xmpp where we could setup our messaging system and don't rely on closed systems like we do today as Whatsapp, Telegram, iMessage, etc. iirc Google deprecated support for it in Google voice long time ago which marked its declined
replygiancarlostoro 7 hours ago
> We are installing Prosody IM, the community modules and certbot (to get certificates).
replyMy understanding is that certbot is part of letsencrypt which is going to eventually make it so you cannot use XMPP certs or did I misunderstand this?
I have fond memories of IRC channels full of all sorts of bots; the Matrix and XMPP rooms I've seen don't seem to have nearly as many fun automations.
Stick the claws into some IRC like channel, but they only have to talk HTTP, so there is less backend work required for the integration.