jabber.at - Recent updates

Registration deactivated

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:35:35 GMT

We've deactivated the registration some time ago. . Currently it is not possible to create new accounts for all domains hosted by us.

Updated webchat

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:48:50 GMT

We have updated out webchat to a new version, we now use ConverseJS 4.0.1. . The new version brings many new features, most prominently OMEMO end to end encryption and easier and more reliable file-sharing with other users.

Registration is reactivated

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 17:09:43 GMT

We have just reactivated our activation. . Feel free to once again register an account on our server!

jabber.at and the GDPR

Sun, 13 May 2018 12:16:26 GMT

As some of you are most certainly aware, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force on May 25th, 2018. It is a major step forward for users of any service that handles privacy related data. . Obviously, this services is affected by the GDPR too, so we'd like to take some time to give you an overview of your rights and what they mean in context of jabber.at.

Updates to our privacy policy

Sun, 13 May 2018 11:25:06 GMT

In light of the new GDPR we have taken the time to update our privacy policy. . There are no really significant changes, but this is a complete list of every change.

Temporary suspension of registration

Sat, 06 Jan 2018 13:31:07 GMT

We have decided to temporarily stop registration of new users to our services. . We do not have a date for reopening registration, but we hope it will be soon.

New TLS certificates (January 2018)

Mon, 01 Jan 2018 10:42:39 GMT

We have new TLS certificates for Jabber/XMPP connections. . As usual, they are signed by Let's Encrypt.

New TLS certificates (October 2017)

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 11:48:53 GMT

We have new TLS certificates for Jabber/XMPP connections. . As usual, they are signed by Let's Encrypt.

Upcoming changes to ejabberd package

Wed, 04 Oct 2017 18:42:51 GMT

If you use our Debian/Ubuntu ejabberd repositories please be aware of the following upcoming change. . Starting with our ejabberd 17.09 packages, the default ERLANG_NODE will change ejabberd@localhost.

Deactivation of ICQ-Transport

Sat, 12 Aug 2017 11:46:35 GMT

We are sorry to announce that we no longer support our ICQ-Transport. <.

The ICQ-Transport has been dysfunctional since last Monday, when we upgraded our Servers to Debian 9.0. It seems the software we used, Spectrum2, is no longer maintained and not compatible with newer versions of Debian.

Downtime 2017-07-31

Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:29:27 GMT

Update. <. Due to problems with our hardware, we were offline for almost two hours.

Expired certificates yesterday - sorry!

Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:09:02 GMT

Yesterday our certificates expired and we failed to renew them beforehand. . We renewed them as soon as we noticed the mistake - sorry for the inconvenience!

jabber.wien: End of life August 2018

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 10:37:51 GMT

We have decided to stop offering jabber.wien accounts by August 2018 (that's more then a year from now). <.

A few years ago we registered the domain jabber.wien, but it had so few users that we eventually disabled registration again.

Poezio and Profanity packages

Fri, 12 May 2017 07:01:41 GMT

If you are a Debian user or use one of it's derivatives (e.g. . Ubuntu, Mint, ...) and want to use Jabber/XMPP on the console, we have a treat for you.

New webchat

Sun, 07 May 2017 08:00:28 GMT

We're happy to announce that we have a new webchat, which makes it possible to use Jabber directly in your Browser. . It's based on Converse.js and is still experimental.