Archive:Jabber

XMPP (also known as Jabber) is an open instant-messaging protocol. Many alliances in EVE use Jabber as a means of keeping in contact with one another when not logged on to EVE or on voice comms. As of June 2012 the University now maintains a Jabber server.

Important Note on Usernames

Your username is your character name, with the following changes:

• Any spaces are replaced with periods (as in the '.' character).
• Any apostrophes (') are replaced with grave accents - the ` character, usually available on the ~ (tilde) key at the top left of most keyboards. Also known as the "backtick".
• The text @eveuni.org is appended to the end of the name.

For Example: A character named John 'Q' Public would have the user name John.`Q`[email protected].

And please don't add corp tags to the your username display.

The passwords for the NSC and LSC are the same as for the LiveIntel.ILN channel. In game, click on Corporation on the NeoCom > Alliances > Bulletins.

Choice of Jabber Clients

There are a number of Jabber (XMPP) compatible clients which can be used to connect to the Uni server. Below are some of the more popular ones.

Pidgin

File:Pidginacdetails.png Getting Logged In (Steps 4-10) (Clickable) File:Pidginchanadd.png Getting into a chat room (Step 5)(Clickable) File:Pidginchandetails.png Getting into a chat room (Steps 7-10) (Clickable)

Getting logged in Download and install Pidgin from: http://pidgin.im/ The Accounts window should open, if not, click accounts > manage accounts Click Add Set protocol to XMPP Username is your forum username, as above, and use your forum password There is no... Domain is eveuni.org Set Resource to something, (i.e. desktop, laptop, phone, bob: it doesn't really matter what) Probably want to set to remember password Set local alias to your Character Name with spaces and capitalisation as required Click Add! Getting into a chat room In the buddies list, click Tools > Room List Ensure account is your university one (only matters if you're on other jabber servers too) Click on Get List Ensure that the conference server is: talk.eveuni.org click on Find Rooms Right Click on the channel you want to join, then "add"! There is no... Under Handle enter your Character Name (with spaces and capital letters as desired). Under Password enter the Channel Password (if required). Under Alias enter the name you want the Channel to be listed as in your main window. Under Group enter "Channels" The main chat room is currently called "Chat" Making your own chat room As in "Getting into a chat room," except: instead of #5: Click Add Chat Give your room a name, and a password if you want, then click add Go back to your buddy list, and double click on the chat you created. If you want a basic, temporary non password protected room, just click Accept Defaults, otherwise Configure Room: If clicked configure, change settings as you wish, be sure to click Make room password protected, and insert the password you picked if you want it to be password protected. To later change settings, type "/config" in the chat room. Handy tip, even if you don't make a room persistent, it will stay in your buddy list, and you can easily recreate it to use again. Another Pro tip: type /help for a list of commands (in any client)

Trillian

File:Trillianacadd.png Getting Logged In (Step 2) (Clickable) File:Trillianacdetails.png Getting Logged In (Step 3) (Clickable)

Getting logged in Download and install Trillian: [1] Once installed go to manage accounts, then add a new account. Select Jabber/XMPP as the protocol. Enter your username (as above) and forum password, then click connect. Click settings, check the box next to "Override default resource name" and enter any word/numbers of your choice. Click miscellaneous, Check "Override my display name" and in the box enter your Char Name with spaces and capitalisation as required. Getting into a chat room Click the XMPP-x shaped icon (which looks a bit like a V, see image) in your iconholder. Select browse for conferences in the drop down menu. If you have multiple Jabber/XMPP connections, you'll need to pick your EVE University one. Make sure the conference server chosen is talk.eveuni.org, rather than irc.eveuni.org. (You should only need to set this once, and then Trillian will remember.) Select the channel you want to join, usually 'Chat'

File:Trillianchandetails.png Getting Logged In (Step 5) (Clickable) File:Trillianchanadd.png Getting into a chat room (Steps 1 & 2) (Clickable)

PSI

Getting logged in

1. Download and install PSI: [2]
2. If its your first time running the client you will get a popup window, click use existing account. If not, General, Account Setup, Add, set the name you want to call the server and make sure register new account is NOT checked.
3. Enter your Jabber id and password (your forum password).
4. Click the Misc. tab and uncheck 'Use hostname as resource' and set the Resource to something (i.e. desktop, laptop, phone, bob: it doesn't really matter what)
5. Save and close all the account windows, and make sure your status is online.
6. The client will ask you to confirm the certificate for the server. Either say allow, or trust.

Getting into a chat room

1. General, Service Discovery to find new chat channels. If you know the address, you can also use Join Chatroom, and skip the next step.
2. Open up Chatrooms, and double click on the room you wish to join - usually 'Chat'.
3. Set your username to what you wish to be seen as in the channel, and set the password to the channel password if it has one (You can leave it blank for most stuff).

Swift

Getting logged in

1. Download and install Swift from http://swift.im.
2. In the login screen, enter [email protected] and your forum password

Getting into a chat room

1. Click the Actions menu and pick "Enter Room"
2. Click the "Search" button
3. In the window that opens click "List rooms", pick the one you want to join and OK everything.

bitlbee

bitlbee is an IRC->IM bridge, so in order to use it you need to already have an IRC client setup. Setting it up depends on your OS and it's most popular on linux, so refer to your favorite distro's guide.

All the following commands are to be done in bitlbee's control channel (usually "&bitlbee", but the user can change to something else).

Getting logged in

Beware that bitlbee will use your irc nickname for all accounts you log in. On the uni's server, you should use your character's name (or the closest IRC-valid approximation you can get) as your handle.

1. account add jabber [email protected] forum.password
2. account list (to see your account list)
3. account n on (where 'n' is the number of the new account)

Getting into a chat room

Unfortunately, there is no way to list chat channels through bitlbee, but you can join one. For example, to join the general 'chat' channel:

1. chat add n [email protected] #chat ('n' again is your account number)
2. /join #chat

You can put anything valid instead of "#chat" as the bitlbee-side channel name.

OneTeam

Displays profile pictures of people who have set them in chat! Download

Clients with issues

Instantbird

This client doesn't work at all because it refuses the server's SSL certificate and there is no mechanism to tell it to trust the certificate.