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IM - Instant Messaging

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ZCS 8.6 And Above IM Topics

Pre ZCS 8.6 IM Topics

When Will IM Be Out Of Beta - Update

Update - Zimbra will not be release the IM BETA that was intended for ZCS 8.7. Instead, they have release Zimbra Talk.

Please track the following bug:

• "Remove IM server"
  • Feature Notes states, "Remove embedded IM server from delivery and web client from Zimbra interface."
  • Will be removed for IronMaiden - next main release after ZCS 7
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=45932
• "RFE: include separate IM server"
  • Not Committed
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=47036
• IM GA (no ISP/HSP)
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=32384

Performance Issues Caused By IM [BETA]

Please note, that this bug has had a significant enough impact on performance of production servers that we recommend not running IM [BETA] if you have no significant reason to do so.

• "IM service connection leak,memory leak"
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=37070

To turn off IM:

zmprov -l -v mcf full zimbraXMPPEnabled FALSE

And then you'll need to start and start zimbra:

zmcontrol stop
zmcontrol start

Enabling IM [BETA] - 5+ ZCS Server

Check to see if it's enabled:

zmprov gacf zimbraXMPPEnabled

If it returns FALSE, you'll need to set it as TRUE:

zmprov -l -v mcf zimbraXMPPEnabled TRUE

Now to enable via the COS's for the users. I'll assume you are using the COS called "default" for your domain below - change it if your using another COS for the variables below.

Check to see what current status is:

zmprov gc default zimbraFeatureIMEnabled
zmprov gc default zimbraFeatureInstantNotify

If they return FALSE, set them to TRUE.

zmprov -v mc default zimbraFeatureIMEnabled TRUE
zmprov -v mc default zimbraFeatureInstantNotify TRUE

And then you'll need to stop and start zimbra:

zmcontrol stop
zmcontrol start

What Happen to AOL IM and MSN?

From the 5.x Release Notes:

Note: Update about Instant Messaging feature - In order to ensure the scalability of our server software and provide a quality experience to our customers, we have removed IM interoperability with AOL and MSN that was present in previous 5.0.0 beta releases. This functionality may be restored in a future release.

3rd Party Client Setup Up Examples

Please see:

• Pidgin_and_Zimbra
• Spark_and_Zimbra
• Empathy_and_Zimbra
• Adium_and_Zimbra

Additional information on those clients can also be found here:

Ajcody-Notes#IM_-_Instant_Messaging_Clients

Addresses things like group chat /conference rooms and so forth.

ZCS to ZCS IM Availability

Please review the following bug and note the DNS SRV entries I posted within it.

• "ZCS to ZCS IM issues."
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=28123

Integration With External IM Servers

Please see:

• "Integration with external IM servers (XMPP proxy support)"
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19398

IM And Legal Intercept And Archiving

Please see:

• "Legal intercept support: IM"
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21761
• "Other collaboration data (IM, Docs, Calendars) need to be archived"
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12697
• "RFE: Saving IM history from external IM clients"
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=44668

This might also be relevant:

• "Regulatory Compliance - code to them and achieve the ability to verify in our documentation"
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=34797

IM - Conference Rooms

Please see the RFE I made:

• "IM : conference room admin settings"
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=27700

Also the bug/RFE about Conference rooms in Multi-Server Configurations

• "IM Conference Rooms Don't Work in Multi-Server Setup"
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=29852

Embedded IM Requests To Join Chat Session In Html/Email

Formats are (I think, still investigating this):

• Jabber/XMPP
  • xmpp:
  • xmpp:conference-roomname@conference.server?join
  • xmpp:user@servername?join
• YahooIM
  • ymsgr: or yim: (not sure if both work or not)
• AOL IM
  • aim:
• MSN
  • msnim: or msn: (not sure if both work or not)

You'll need to configure your OS to handle the protocol when called to, so that it launches the correct application.

Resource

• Great resource about this topic and how to adjust your OS to handle the different IM url's.
  • http://agilecommons.org/posts/ed5eede66c

Related Bugs & RFE's

• "ZWC to handle differnt IM url's - option to set ZWC IM client or external client by OS"
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=33279
• "Allow Calendar Events in ZWC to handle IM url calls"
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=33280

Buddy Notification In ZWC

Please see:

• "Buddy notifications support for IM presense"
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=34049

Other General Bugs & RFE's

Please see:

• "Renaming domain does not update zimbra.jiveRoster"
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=55476
• "Unable to delete IM Buddy whos account has been renamed"
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=34653
• "Ability to "restart" IM service without a full mailboxd restart required"
  • http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=45745

Multi-Mailbox Setup Can Not Message Between Each Other

If this is a new setup, make sure you have DNS setup - Ajcody-Instant-Messaging-Topics#IM_And_DNS_SRV_Records .

Check the /opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log on the mailstores. If you see something like:

2013-03-04 07:59:40,891 INFO [pool-7-thread-1] [] im - IMPersona(user@domain.com ONLINE pri=0 st=null) - 
Presence.error: <presence to="user@domain.com/zcs" from="yahoo.domain.com" type="error"><error code="404" 
type="cancel"><remote-server-not-found xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-stanzas"/></error></presence> 

And you can find this type of error also there or when you run zimbra commands from the CLI:

Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path 
building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid 
certification path to requested target
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:174)

You are experiencing a certificate issue and should submit a support case if you need help resolving it.

IM And DNS SRV Records

Show ports are in use:

[root@mail3 ~]# lsof -P -n -i :5222
 COMMAND  PID   USER   FD   TYPE  DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
 java    5869 zimbra  143u  IPv6 6530439       TCP *:5222 (LISTEN)
[root@mail3 ~]# lsof -P -n -i :5269
 COMMAND  PID   USER   FD   TYPE  DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
 java    5869 zimbra  144u  IPv6 6530440       TCP *:5269 (LISTEN)
[root@mail3 ~]# lsof -P -n -i :5269

An example of what I've added to my internal DNS/BIND zone record:

$ttl 38400
zimbra.DOMAIN.com.    IN      SOA     zimbra.DOMAIN.com. ajcody.zimbra.DOMAIN.com. (
                        1207910051
                        10800
                        3600
                        604800
                        38400 )
                                              IN      NS         mail3.zimbra.DOMAIN.com.
zimbra.DOMAIN.com.                            IN      MX      10 mail3.zimbra.DOMAIN.com.

_xmpp-client._tcp.zimbra.DOMAIN.com.          SRV     5 0 5222 mail3.zimbra.DOMAIN.com.
_xmpp-server._tcp.zimbra.DOMAIN.com           SRV     5 0 5269 mail3.zimbra.DOMAIN.com.
_jabber._tcp.zimbra.DOMAIN.com.               SRV     5 0 5269 mail3.zimbra.DOMAIN.com.

mail3		IN	A	192.168.0.16

The _jabber._tcp if for backward compatibility for older servers and shouldn't be necessary.

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