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You can right click and 'Browse Service' or double-click the newly created service entry to create or join rooms.  
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Revision as of 22:11, 7 July 2008

Introduction

Zimbra 5.0 or higher supports the XMPP (Jabber) protocol for instant messaging. It stands for eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) (formerly known as Jabber) which is an open sourced, XML-inspired protocol for near real time, extensible instant messaging (IM) and presence information (a.k.a. buddy lists).

XMPP compatible clients, such as Spark, can be used to connect to the Zimbra server. Users can then add buddies from their Zimbra Server into Spark without having a need to connect to a Third Party service such as AIM or MSN. This allows users to keep their home or personal instant messaging account separate from their work or professional account. Additionally, users can use the company/corporate/family Zimbra Server without signing up for another IM account from a Third Party Vendor. If you have an account on the Zimbra Server, you already have a XMPP/Chat account.

Spark is created by IgniteRealtime/Jive which also produces the Wildfire/Openfire portal software, from which Zimbra's server side IM branches from.

Configuring Spark

After installation

  1. Username: user (Zimbra user account name without the @domain.com)
  2. Server: server.domain.com

If you cannot connect first check that you do not have port 5222 or 5223 (for SSL connections), blocked by a firewall. If you have determined it is not blocked:

  1. Click on advanced
  2. Uncheck automatically discover host and port
  3. Host:server.domain.com
  4. Port 5222 or 5223
  5. Resource: Whatever you want (this identifies your unique endpoint)
  6. Click ok to go back to the main login page
  7. In the server area switch just to domain.com in the server section (It's treated as just the domain now and the host under advanced contains the full server address.)

Configuring Conferencing

On the Conferences Tab:

  1. Click on the Add Conference Service entry field.
  2. Enter the name of your Zimbra server in the form of servername.domain.com.
  3. Click the green + icon to add the server (you should see a new entry in the form of conference.servername.domain.com).

You can right click and 'Browse Service' or double-click the newly created service entry to create or join rooms.

Verified Against: unknown Date Created: 6/9/2008
Article ID: https://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=Spark_and_Zimbra Date Modified: 2008-07-07



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