Network based messaging

[Dave Smith]

Josh Coates wrote:
> why not just write your own using the original awesomeness that is berkeley
> sockets? steven's latest revision: http://www.unpbook.com/  (source code
> gzip'd and online)
>   

At this point I think XMPP is definitely the right answer. It has all 
the love I need (simple messaging, lots of libraries and server), and 
some of the hotness I may need later (authentication, ssl, 
store-and-forward).

Thanks for the suggestions!

 --Dave