Apple Mac OS manual About This Guide, What’s New in Version

About This Guide

Preface

This guide provides instructions for setting up, configuring, and administering iChat service on Mac OS X Server.

Instant messaging involves live interactions between computer users exchanging text, pictures, audio, and video. Instant messaging is also known as chatting, because of its spontaneous, conversation-like qualities. iChat is the Apple instant messaging service that promotes real-time communication and information-sharing between diverse user groups.

Mac OS X Server version 10.5 includes iChat service administration in its suite of services. iChat service administration is preinstalled on Apple servers.

iChat Service Administration provides information about:

“Setting up iChat", on page 19

“Managing iChat", on page 22

“Setting Access Control for iChat", on page 22

“Linking Multiple Chat Servers (S2S)", on page 27

“Securing S2S Connections", on page 28

“Setting Up iChat on Virtually Hosted Domains", on page 31

What’s New in Version 10.5

Mac OS X Server v10.5 offers the following major enhancements to iChat service:

ÂServer-to-server iChat service

ÂServer Admin interface upgrades

ÂJabber2 process support

ÂKerberos support

ÂAuto-buddy support

ÂChat service monitoring and diagnostics support

ÂChat server backup and restore

ÂClient chat transcript archiving

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