Public Jabber Server
Archive
This page hasn't been updated in a long time, I've removed all of the outdated information but don't expect any further updates.
Introduction
Contrary to ICQ, MSN, AIM and many others, Jabber is an open messenging system, everyone can run a server without losing the possibility of talking to people on other servers. Which is why Heapsort.de (powered by the Shared Server Project) runs one too.
Jabber supports normal paging features such as online notification and contact lists (Jabber calls them "roster") and everything else you might know from other Instant Messenging systems. Additionally, it has an extensions that allows people to gather in groups and talk in a one-to-many conferencing style.
The Jabber service on Heapsort.de also features a gateway to ICQ--you can use it to connect your ICQ account with your Jabber account on Heapsort.de, allowing you to use your Jabber account on both the Jabber network and ICQ. People on ICQ will see you appear with your usual ICQ number, and you will see people on ICQ appear as <icqnumber>@icq.heapsort.de (or @newicq.heapsort.de if you are using the new and improved ICQ transport).
Similarly, you can use your Jabber account on heapsort.de to communicate with AIM users. AIM users will be displayed as <AIM screen name>@aim.heapsort.de. We also support the MSN and Yahoo! messengers in a similar way.
Get an account
Ever since we had issues with a massive wave of spam sign-ups, accounts will only be created upon personal request.
More information
There is an entire website about Jabber. Whatever you want to know, you'll probably find it there.
Support?
If you need any help, contact me via Jabber, my ID is jast and the server is heapsort.de (the form you use is user@server but I didn't feel like making it too easy for spam spiders, so I teared it apart a little). The same components form my e-mail address as well.