[OTR-dev] OTR, Pidgin & Guaranteed message delivery

[Peter Saint-Andre]

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On 9/15/13 9:55 AM, Ian Goldberg wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 02:37:21PM +0200, Vlad Ion wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I have a quick question that I hope you can help me with: what 
>> messaging protocol can I use that would work with both Pidgin
>> and OTR while ensuring that my messages get to the person that I
>> sent it to? I have been using yahoo messenger and it is a total 
>> disappointment. It is losing messages left and right so, here I 
>> am searching for another protocol... maybe xmpp?
> 
> Well, no protocol *guarantees* delivery, but indeed Yahoo in 
> particular does appear to drop messages more often than simply 
> having a configured-too-large MSS would suggest.  XMPP is 
> definitely a good recommendation in this regard, though other 
> networks (AIM, etc.) also work.

Ian is right that there's really no such thing as guaranteed delivery
in IM systems (that's something offered by high-end enterprise
messaging technologies like Tibco). However, in the XMPP community
we've put quite a bit of thought into making IM more reliable. Some
examples (not implemented in all servers or clients, but we're making
progress):

http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0198.html

http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0184.html

Peter

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