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On 05/11/2019 22:49, Phil Smith III wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F4E79">It’s been reported
that Google is killing end-user Hangouts in 2020:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="https://www.cnet.com/news/google-hangouts-gets-hung-out-to-dry-in-2020-report-says/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.cnet.com/news/google-hangouts-gets-hung-out-to-dry-in-2020-report-says/">https://www.cnet.com/news/google-hangouts-gets-hung-out-to-dry-in-2020-report-says/</a></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F4E79">Some of us are
irritated because we just moved off of AIM. I don’t care
which service it is, I just need it to work—my wife is
housebound and uses it a lot to communicate with me from her
PC when I’m out and about. (Yes, text-to-email works, but
then she has to keep checking for responses in email; Pidgin
flashes/beeps). What else are people using that both Pidgin
on Windows and Android phones support?</span><br>
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It's frustrating, isn't it.<br>
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There are two solutions I'd recommend:<br>
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(1) Run your own XMPP server. This is not as bad as it sounds. If
you have a static IP DSL/broadband line you can run it on that
perfectly well or you can get a cheap cloud/VPS. I'd recommend
Openfire as the server software:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/">https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/</a><br>
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(2) Try Delta Chat (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://delta.chat/">https://delta.chat/</a>). This is a chat app that
uses standard email as its transport medium. I must admit that I
have not yet tested it but the idea seems sound and of course won't
just disappear (yet!). There's a Delta Chat plugin for Pidgin, I
see.<br>
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Mark Rousell
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