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DBabble
Windows and Unix secure instant message, chat, and discussion server and client
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Overview of DBabble ServerDBabble is a chat, discussion, and instant message server and client, which allows users to send secure instant messages, have private conversations, and create and participate in private or public chat rooms and discussions. Users communicate with the server using either a web browser, or a client for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP. The server can optionally be set up so that users can also interact with other users on remote servers, and participate in remote chat rooms and discussions. Discussions can optionally be linked to external usenet (NNTP) groups. You can either download the fully functional but time limited server, try it out yourself on our public server at http://free.dbabble.com, or read more about features of DBabble below. If you have any questions or need any help at all just email us at support-dbabble@netwinsite.com
After Sales Service
We pride ourselves on giving our customers unparalleled service, if
you have questions, problems, or even need a feature added in a hurry
we will bend over backwards to satisfy your needs.
We stand behind our software,
if you are not satisfied with the product, performance or customer
support we will refund 100% of your purchase price.
Can be translated to any language.DBabble can support multiple languages. DBabble provides a list of all phrases used throughout it for you to translate in to whatever languages you want. You can also use this to change the English version of any piece of text your users see in to whatever you want. This applies to both the web browser and Windows client versions of DBabble, and includes languages that don't use the same character set as English. Currently we have translations for Spanish, German, Chinese, Italian, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Korean, Russian, and Danish available. The German, and Danish translations are complete translations for the latest release version. The Chinese, Italian, and Spanish translations are partially translated by hand and merged with machine translations. The other translations are entirely machine translations. See DBabble Languages for more details. User Authentication using DBabble, POP Server, Unix Passwords, MySQL, LDAP or custom authentication modulesDBabble users can be either authenticated via a POP server, use DBabble's built in authentication system, or an external authentication module. Netwin have available external authentication modules for Unix Passwords, NT Passwords, MySQL, LDAP and more. You can even write your own external authentication module to be used by DBabble. With DBabble's internal authentication system, it can be set up to allow users to create their own accounts (and optionally email passwords to them), or this can be restricted to allow only administrator users to create accounts. Built in encryption
DBabble supports SSL server to client encrypted communication using both the
web interface and Windows client. Additionally, the Windows client has
built in support for client to client public key encrypted instant messages
as well as digitally signed instant messages
so the recipient can be sure the message really
came from who it claims to be from. The server and client do not need any
additional software installed to support these features.
DBabble has the advantage over other chat servers that users are able to communicate
with external users through a standard http proxy server, whether they are using a
web browser or the client for windows. The windows client automatically uses
their Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator proxy server settings if available
so that users do not need to go through an often confusing
process (from their point of view) of specifying their proxy server settings.
All server management needs can be performed from within the DBabble user interface,
by any user with administrator privileges. For increased security, this can be
restricted to be allowed only from specified IP addresses.
Users can send each other instant messages and optionally attach files to them.
They can also initiate a one on one private conversation with another user
where each user can see text the other user is typing as they type it.
All messages are stored on the server, so users can read old messages from anywhere
they login from. Administrators can optionally impose user quotas to limit storage space.
Users can also choose to send instant messages to email addresses, and can receive email
sent to DBabble as instant messages. The DBabble administrator or individual users
can optionally disable the email to instant message feature if they are concerned
about instant message spam, or if you want to isolate your server from the outside
world.
Unlike many other instant messaging applications where instant message delivery
is unreliable and messages sometimes go missing without the sender knowing
due to a momentary network error,
or just a poorly designed communication protocol,
DBabble message delivery is very reliable.
When a user sends a message, it does not disappear from their screen until it has
been successfully delivered to every recipient's account on the server. A connected client
can not remain connected for more than a few seconds if it has not received
every message waiting to be delivered to it.
DBabble provides discussion groups that can be created by any user who has permission
to do so. These are similar to usenet (NNTP) groups, and the groups can optionally be linked
to pull articles from external usenet groups. DBabble can also act as an NNTP server,
so that news-readers can read DBabble discussions as though they are newsgroups.
Additionally, DBabble can act as an SMTP server for the purpose of accepting incoming
mail intended as articles for it's discussion groups. Users are able to tell DBabble
to send any new articles in specified groups to them directly via Email or as instant messages.
Discussions can also be marked as private and allow only certain users to read and/or post to them.
DBabble provides chat rooms that can be created by any user who has permission
to do so. A chat room can optionally be made private so that only specified users have access to it.
You can use DBabble to insert links into your existing web pages so that your customers
can click on a link to initiate a one on one private chat with particular DBabble users
or a random online member of a particular DBabble group of users. If you are using the
DBabble windows client and are either not connected to DBabble or
haven't moved your mouse or typed anything on your computer
recently, then the link inserted into your web page will automatically
state that you are not currently available. Anything typed in these private chats
can been seen by the other person as it is being typed to facilitate quick responses.
DBabble servers can either be run as a stand-alone server, or can be linked to other servers
worldwide via a master server that informs it of the location of other servers.
Users are then able to communicate with users on other servers, and visit discussions and
chat rooms that are hosted on other servers.
The web pages displayed to users when using the web browser interface to DBabble
are easily customizable by the system administrator, to include anything they
want such as advertising images and links. You can even change the name of the
server and windows client from DBabble to anything you want.
DBabble provides a Windows client that can be downloaded from your DBabble server.
This provides users with an easier to use interface, which can offer more functionality
such as detecting when a user is idle, and hence probably not at their computer,
and a nicer notification system for when new messages arrive, and much more.
Almost every piece of text visible to non administrator users in the Windows client
can be changed by the server administrator to anything you want. You can even change
the name from DBabble to anything else by changing a single setting.
See some screen shots,
try it out yourself at
http://free.dbabble.com, or read
more about features of DBabble below.
All Netwin staff spread over 2 cities and others working from home use DBabble for
our internal instant messaging, and each version of DBabble is tested on our staff
before release. This has resulted in many suggestions for improvements from our staff,
which have been implemented and have made DBabble an ideal instant messaging system to use.
Most Netwin staff
run the Windows client, and the web browser version is also used by staff working
on unix machines.
DBabble has a built in advertisement system that lets you specify a list of advertisement
images and associated web pages on your server. Both the web browser and Windows client
display random advertisements that are occasionally changed. The advertisement feature
can be turned off by the server administrator if you would rather not use it.
A single 350MHz Pentium 2 server can support a user databases of 10 million users,
and up to 5,000 online users simultaneously. With a better machine, you can expect
better performance. See
DBabble Performance for more details.
DBabble Server is currently available for Windows NT, Solaris, Linux, Digital Unix (OSF), and Free BSD.
We may build for other UNIX platforms
on request. Users can access the DBabble server from any Web Browser that
supports JavaScript 1.1 or later. (Netscape 4.0, Internet Explorer 4.0 or later)
Users can optionally download a client for Windows 95/98/2000/NT for faster and easier access.
Our invitation to you to evaluate the DBabble Chat and Discussion
server software . Download the fully functional but time limited server software
from the download page,
or just login and try it out on our free DBabble server at
http://free.dbabble.com. See
comments from some of our customers on our customer comments
page.
DBabble is very reasonably priced for an unlimited user license. See
DBabble Prices.
DBabble is free to State Universities and Schools using DBabble for
non-profit activities. See Education Licenses.
Satisfaction
Guaranteed! Are
you sick of buying software and then finding it doesn't do what
you want, or doesn't even work! We stand behind our software,
if you are not satisfied with the product, performance or customer
support we will refund 100% of your purchase price. |
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