<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Messenger: Overview - Jive Software</title> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"> </head> <body> <h1>Jive Messenger</h1> <p> Jive Messenger provides comprehensive group chat and instant messaging (IM) services to online and intranet user communities using the XMPP protocol.</p> <p>As a pure Java application, the server is designed for extensible and flexible deployment into new or existing infrastructure. The server contains a pluggable backend data storage and security system and interfaces for customizing and extending the server.</p> <b>Documentation:</b> <ul> <li> <a href="install-guide.html">Installation Guide</a> - How to install Jive Messenger as a standalone application or into an existing application server.</li> <li> <a href="database.html">Database Installation Guide</a> - How to setup your database for use with Jive Messenger.</li> <li> <a href="database-guide.html">Database Schema Guide</a> - A tour of the Jive Messenger database schema for developers and database administrators.</li> <li> <a href="ssl-guide.html">SSL Guide</a> - A guide to setting up Messenger's SSL secure socket support.</li> <li> <a href="ldap-guide.html">LDAP Guide</a> - A guide to setting up Jive Messenger to work with LDAP user stores.</li> </ul> <p>An active support community for Jive Messenger is available at <a href="http://www.jivesoftware.org/forums">http://www.jivesoftware.org/forums</a>.</p></body> </html>