tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21986457652175500572024-03-14T04:49:19.903-07:00Stay connected, just Bopup me!Read more about Bopup IM software, its development process, and ideas that could be found usefulB Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.comBlogger371125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-50172712681912412632024-01-14T14:30:00.000-08:002024-01-14T14:30:47.349-08:00Meet "Sealed messaging" functionality<p> New versions of Bopup IM client/server software introduce all-new functionality called "Sealed messages". This is a new type of instant messaging that requires an opening (unsealing) text messages before they can be viewed and read. Once message is unsealed the sender gets a notification on that and unsealed date/time is added into conversation.</p><p>The new function is enabled on the communication server and after that it appears in the messenger options. The sealed messages can be sent among regular instant messages since there can be 2 options available in the sending dialog — send sealed or regular message. But it is also possible to configure the messenger and always exchange with sealed messages.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/options_messaging.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="518" height="678" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/options_messaging.png" width="518" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turning on the sealed messaging on the IM server<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>When a new sealed message is received the messenger hides a whole conversation and notifies a user that it is required to unseal the message to see and read it.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/messenger/interface_sealed.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="485" height="550" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/messenger/interface_sealed.png" width="485" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Receipt of sealed messages in Bopup Messenger client</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Within a getting the recipient's reaction by a sender that the message has been opened and viewed the sealed messaging makes overall communication more secure and confidential. In some cases it prevents viewing and reading arrived messages by someone who may stay close to the recipient's workstation.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/downloads/" target="_blank">Download Bopup Communication Server version 5.12.0 and Bopup Messenger version 7.6.0 — Corporate IM software for confidential and fast instant messaging</a></span></div>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-44480137714065278262023-06-02T14:24:00.001-07:002023-06-02T14:33:36.414-07:00Bopup Communication Server version 5.11.5 is offered as a free for lifetime use with some minor limitations<p> New version 5.11.5 of Bopup Communication Server is released. This update of the IM server comes with useful and important changes in the service module for a better support of a great number of user connections.</p><p>Another great change is an option to use the instant messaging server for free and for lifetime use. Starting from this release the server switches to a free limited mode after standard 45-day trial expires. In the free limited mode Bopup Communication Server delivers messages with length of 45 symbsols only and restricts file transfers for more than 1 Mb. At the same time up to 100 concurrent users from each type of the messaging clients are supported.</p><p>The activated free mode has no expiration so the server can be used in the limited mode for lifetime period.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/office-chat/server/" target="_blank">Download Bopup Communication Server version 5.11.5 — Free for use IM server to send short insant messages and small files</a></span></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-16455294105947129822023-05-06T06:49:00.004-07:002023-05-06T06:49:44.379-07:00Important update of Bopup Messenger application<p> New version 7.4.18 of Bopup Messenger client is released. This update comes with critical fixes and important changes that affect to the application stibility and users status icons in Contact List.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/bopup_logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="238" height="238" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/bopup_logo.gif" width="238" /></a></div><p>The issue with updating users statuses started to appear from version 7.4.15 (April 2023), and the messenger did not change user statuses after conversation window opens for a first time. This is a critical bug so we strongly advise to update the messenger to recent version in order to avoid broken communication.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/office-chat/" target="_blank">Download Bopup Messenger version 7.4.18 — Secure IM client with encrypted file transfer and text messaging</a></span></p><p><br /></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-2692179410725085752023-04-10T13:48:00.001-07:002023-04-10T13:48:24.633-07:00Major update of Bopup Communication Server — Version 5.11.0 is released<p> New version 5.11.0 of Bopup Communication Server is available for download. This version comes with great improvements in SQL queries that improves overall speed of the communication and fixes many related issues. Among internal improvements the server added many interface changes and enhancements.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/server_logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="121" data-original-width="385" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/server_logo.gif" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Connectivity and overall speed improvements</b></p><p>The recent release of the IM server fixes issues that could appear on a greater amount of concurrent connections. Previous versions of the server could add many warnings and SQL exceptions to Event Log viewer, and users couldn't connect to the server at the same time. Another fixes belongs to connection limit error that could appear on messenger startup. So this version is an important update.</p><p><b>Fixed issue with logging file transfers on disabled Message History</b></p><p>The new version fixes saving file transfers into history log when it is turned off. This problem occured only for file exchange. Now the server console shows a dialog when Message History option is switching off that lets keep or delete existing archive on the server.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/options_archiving_disable.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="465" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/options_archiving_disable.png" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Showing computer/DNS name for user accounts in addition to IP address</b></p><p>Now the server resolves and adds host name for connected users to show it everywhere in Management Console within IP address. It is a useful option if the server runs on a local network and lets administrator see user's workstation names. Host name is shown in the <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/guide/user_management/presence_status.html" target="_blank">Presence Status</a>, on user profile page and in archiving views that shows instant messages and file transfer information.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/downloads/" target="_blank">Download Bopup Communication Server version 5.11.0 — Fast, compact and secure self-hosted solution for instant messaging and file transfer</a></span></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-53302353837519394572023-03-25T07:31:00.002-07:002023-03-25T07:31:16.216-07:00Bopup IM Client SDK version 1.3.0<p> Our IM client SDK that is designed for C++, VB and Microsoft Office (VBA) developers has been updated to version 1.3.0 </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/sdk-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="357" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/sdk-logo.png" /></a></div><p>The new release includes recent versions of libraries. This also avoids from issues when existing applications built on the SDK stopped working if recent version of Bopup Messenger/Observer client is installed on same workstation.</p><p>Review the following list of changes in order to properly apply modifications on migration from earlier versions of the development kit.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What's new in version 1.3.0:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>OpenSession()</i> method of all interfaces now includes new text parameter that receives a brand name.</li><li>Length of OU name passed by <i>lpszOUName</i> in <i>TRANSFER_OU_STRUCT</i> structure that is used by <i>IServerClient</i> interface (C++) was extended from 32 to 64 symbols.</li></ul><div>Developer information is available in the <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/sdk/getting_started/overview.html" target="_blank">online documentation</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/office-chat/sdk/" target="_blank">Download Bopup IM Client SDK version 1.3.0 — Powerful library to quickly develop chat application on C++, VB.Net and VBA</a></span></div><p></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-79959022506158103362023-03-07T04:37:00.007-08:002023-03-07T12:12:30.012-08:00Better integration with Active Directory in the IM server, and useful updates in the messenger apps<p> We released new versions of both Bopup Communication Server and client applications including Bopup Messenger and Bopup Observer. </p><p>The new version 5.10.10 of the instant messaging server provides great improvements in importing users from Active Directory catalog. It comes with a major update of <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/tools/bcscmd_command_line_tool.html" target="_blank">bcscmd.exe command line tool</a> which added support for new switches for better integration with LDAP.</p><p>New keys for <i>/LDAP</i> switch now can be the following:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">/LDAP [update|sync|syncall] [bygroups] [createunits] [creategroups] <names></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></p><p>— <i>[createunits]</i> switch works like a checkbox in the <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/tools/import_user_accounts_active_directory_ldap.html" target="_blank">Active Directory Import Wizard</a> and allows to create <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/guide/user_management/organizational_units.html" target="_blank">Organizational Units</a> on the communication server that are similar to OU tree in Active Directory or LDAP Groups (depending on import criteria);</p><p>— <i>[creategroups]</i> switch is similar to the key above but creates <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/guide/messaging_groups/overview.html" target="_blank">messaging groups</a> on the server instead;</p><p>— <i><names></i> is an optional parameters that includes name of OUs or LDAP Groups to limit a search for user accounts in the specified objects. Several names must be separated by commas;</p><p>The Active Directory Import Wizard now can display hidden settings on it's Welcome page.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/import_wizard_01.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="534" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/import_wizard_01.png" /></a></div>These settings can be also set from Windows registry and allows to import computer names instead of user accounts and parse for uses' middle names the <i>DispayName</i> value of a user object. This is mostly important in countries from Eastern Europe.<br /><p>Client messengers now support hotkey button to call the application. Previously it could not be set up by administrator but now can be configured on the IM server from a range of A...Z letters.</p><p>Here is also improvement of automatic re-connect to messaging server on exiting from Sleep/Suspend mode in the messengers.</p><p><a href="https://www.bopup.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Download Bopup Communication Server version 5.10.10, Bopup Messenger version 7.4.7 and Bopup Observer version 6.1.4 — Simple, secure and fast to deploy instant messaging for enterprises</span></a></p><p><br /></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-37808350120363787962023-02-12T14:16:00.001-08:002023-02-12T14:16:15.068-08:00New server setup package with built-in SQL Server 2019 Express is available<p> New installation package for Bopup Communication Server is available for download. We built a new setup file that now includes Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express which can be installed as a built-in database server. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gU1osr1wU5Afdd7y62jHS7rT84nbYH5Cwt92WZtKpPhA8t8M8a_G5MTkt1_hzSBkHPb4RjsmxsI4LQsbZg40ji5XyJ5vBxrUGYpkIvDpGqAhJNcwjYNDp7suqUs_lGu7c7gXY2ApfJTumC65zdtImMaf6-KGreItCvpaZ377HNtg0IPvTt9Kzarn/s450/pcmag2016.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="147" data-original-width="450" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gU1osr1wU5Afdd7y62jHS7rT84nbYH5Cwt92WZtKpPhA8t8M8a_G5MTkt1_hzSBkHPb4RjsmxsI4LQsbZg40ji5XyJ5vBxrUGYpkIvDpGqAhJNcwjYNDp7suqUs_lGu7c7gXY2ApfJTumC65zdtImMaf6-KGreItCvpaZ377HNtg0IPvTt9Kzarn/s320/pcmag2016.gif" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>This package will be useful for companies that plan to move their existing instances or install the messaging server onto latest Microsoft Windows OS such as Windows 10, 11 and Windows Server 2016, 2019 and 2022.</p><p>The new setup contains 64-bit version of the SQL Server software unlike other setup files ship with 32-bit versions of SQL Server 2005, 2008 and 2014. That caused an issue with installing Bopup Communication Server on recent releases of Windows operating system.</p><p>The new setup file is available for download in <a href="https://www.bopup.com/downloads/" target="_blank">Download Center</a> within other packages. It can be also downloaded using s direct link <a href="https://www.bopup.com/files/bcserverwsql2019.exe">https://www.bopup.com/files/bcserverwsql2019.exe</a></p><p><br /></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-46354474646658527132022-12-12T07:07:00.000-08:002022-12-12T07:07:05.176-08:00Useful update of Bopup Messenger app for Windows PC<p> New version 7.4.2 of Bopup Messenger for Windows OS is released. In this version we improved the instant messenger by adding enhancements to user interface and fixing some annoying issues.</p><p>This version added toolbar to main window of the messenger when it is switched to <i>"All-In-One Chat" </i>mode. That makes easier to access frequently used functions within main menu.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/messenger/interface_chat.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="681" height="544" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/messenger/interface_chat.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The new release of the application also fixes issue with automated reconnect to the communication server after previous loose of the connection or coming from sleep mode in Windows.<div><br /></div><div>Another fix is related to window popup from system tray area. It is funny but the messenger did not want to restore it;s main window if the About dialog was opened before.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/downloads/" target="_blank">Download Bopup Messenger version 7.4.2 and Bopup Observer version 6.1.3 — Instant messengers for office and corporate use<br /></a></span><p><br /></p></div>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-60656835162569467032022-12-09T07:14:00.001-08:002022-12-09T07:21:41.016-08:00Bopup Communication Server added support of instant messengers for Linux OS<p>New minor update of Bopup Communication Server software is available, it' version 5.10.8 has been released. Among few fixes and improvements the new release added support for IM client for Linux platform. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTp5eSoy0lxatptGdnoxNgjPOwniRW5gSyH-xfl5bcWnbt1P4FEGuHJxR0wou68vgg2BB7wmqiYXhcfCbfVMv45OGKxvMCHdl8ro2xbm0SS-MlqZObyrm3uqIfbp7kMndqXTsqZl_aHjoW2TTvK8VU3B8A6s5guRPKadDpTEpHoFRAS4RGeQK90vPa/s1200/Linux.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="1200" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTp5eSoy0lxatptGdnoxNgjPOwniRW5gSyH-xfl5bcWnbt1P4FEGuHJxR0wou68vgg2BB7wmqiYXhcfCbfVMv45OGKxvMCHdl8ro2xbm0SS-MlqZObyrm3uqIfbp7kMndqXTsqZl_aHjoW2TTvK8VU3B8A6s5guRPKadDpTEpHoFRAS4RGeQK90vPa/w400-h221/Linux.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>An instant messenger for Linux OS is currently in a development stage and it becomes our most priority task. We hope to release first preview version of the Linix app even in this year. </p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/office-chat/server/" target="_blank">Download Bopup Communication Server version 5.10.8 — IM server for encrypted text messaging and file transfer between company employees</a></span></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-38672074201936211632022-11-17T11:40:00.003-08:002022-11-17T11:49:39.445-08:00Bopup Messenger app is now available in Samsung Galaxy Store<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bopup Messenger application for Android platform has been added to Samsung Galaxy Store. This makes easy to find and install the app on Samsung phones since they all have a built-in access to the store.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZV3u95Gl0Ev3jFWUTUMqtvxB6dR-MPGzGT6TSeHaQh0c6BUmhCXl4cROXP-iIczPuTWfkaK2fetvdJnTLwPHit5eSL1HUoiXoJDaSsAwceKrxXj9B3jUKfG3Bi_oJflRqp0KV0f-ARFdzCFBW3WnicKvn87dMGGUWgPxAcaTzi_OGoTDKVWlbkvB/s652/GalaxyStore_EnglishEU.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="652" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZV3u95Gl0Ev3jFWUTUMqtvxB6dR-MPGzGT6TSeHaQh0c6BUmhCXl4cROXP-iIczPuTWfkaK2fetvdJnTLwPHit5eSL1HUoiXoJDaSsAwceKrxXj9B3jUKfG3Bi_oJflRqp0KV0f-ARFdzCFBW3WnicKvn87dMGGUWgPxAcaTzi_OGoTDKVWlbkvB/w400-h133/GalaxyStore_EnglishEU.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />As always new users are able to evaluate Bopup Messenger for Android and Windows PC platform using a public instant messaging server running at <i>bopup.me</i> address. In order to connect to the shared instance of Bopup Communication Server we added few test user accounts such as <i>demo</i>, <i>user</i> and <i>admin</i>. Visit <a href="https://www.bopup.me">https://www.bopup.me</a> for advanced details and credentials info.<p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://galaxystore.samsung.com/detail/com.blabs.bopup.messenger" target="_blank">Download Bopup Messenger for Android from Samsung Galaxy Store — Mobile client for private and secure texting over self-hosted IM</a></span></p><p><br /></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-65322619222428962302022-11-08T13:39:00.006-08:002022-11-08T13:39:51.313-08:00New versions of IM server and messenger clients improve Message History module<p>New versions of Bopup Communication Server, Bopup Messenger and Bopup Observer have been released. The new software totally improves the functionality to view Message History.</p><p>Now the server console lets search for transferred files for their filenames in the history. Previously the server performed the search only for message text.</p><p>New releases of the instant messaging clients added the search function in their Message Histore module. So it is possible now to find messages and files by enterring words which match that data.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/office-chat/" target="_blank">Download Bopup Communication Server version 5.10.7, Bopup Messenger version 7.4.1 and Bopup Observer version 6.1.2 — Secure IM platform for office chat</a></span></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-38820421133657462812022-11-01T13:54:00.001-07:002022-11-01T13:54:52.130-07:00Meet all-new "All-In-One Chat" interface mode in Bopup Messenger client<p>We are proud to announce new version 7.4.0 of Bopup Messenger client which now supports a single window mode.</p><p>Over the past years the messenger's user interface had not undergone global changes and included the main window with the user's contact list and separate chat dialogs with the ability to open several at once.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimN8uNV8DxKPahUtSXtr9UKsR_xmIXc2Mvg6ilvEeEZmpLicTDCWkz6wHKUAMxc9qAs_V-tz-bFGVPX-LV5xjb06gjI-ZyWsmEr2yHeAPfE-CUxRcY2hxJwvPfK3GnviWgJyNRh8FslVZ-rA14ll-33yWRytzz8R3ZxRc_DBFS2i1vwHt3AzeLOOiB/s600/bopup_01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="600" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimN8uNV8DxKPahUtSXtr9UKsR_xmIXc2Mvg6ilvEeEZmpLicTDCWkz6wHKUAMxc9qAs_V-tz-bFGVPX-LV5xjb06gjI-ZyWsmEr2yHeAPfE-CUxRcY2hxJwvPfK3GnviWgJyNRh8FslVZ-rA14ll-33yWRytzz8R3ZxRc_DBFS2i1vwHt3AzeLOOiB/w640-h622/bopup_01.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Classic interface with ability to have several conversation windows in the messenger</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>At the same time, thanks, among other things, to public messengers, instant messaging software started to use the interface with a single chat window. This became a de facto and affected, in turn, corporate IM software.</div><div><br /></div><div>Therefore the new version of Bopup Messenger now supports a switch the interface mode within a single <i>"All-In-One Chat"</i> window.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSycRpkVQ0cjCnGaSUQ-j7aPyFK25rizp9c2IRc-Fe0p_tw9gU8fwmbExJ0hgBf_dplSPS_cidwOIvy_vaNq5nm3uRatLI-39uYy8BhEGh-7xmkXqVkf6r0VC-6ZbgAQbLniFC9YWXCfBNx3QGSnVjGWpKLJuYsJnEGImUiEAoNNGQ4iwHdb37DLv-/s681/interface_chat.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="681" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSycRpkVQ0cjCnGaSUQ-j7aPyFK25rizp9c2IRc-Fe0p_tw9gU8fwmbExJ0hgBf_dplSPS_cidwOIvy_vaNq5nm3uRatLI-39uYy8BhEGh-7xmkXqVkf6r0VC-6ZbgAQbLniFC9YWXCfBNx3QGSnVjGWpKLJuYsJnEGImUiEAoNNGQ4iwHdb37DLv-/s16000/interface_chat.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"All-In-One Chat" interface mode in Bopup Messenger</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The new mode is activate through program settings on the "Interface mode" tab. The regular look-and-feel mode with few conversation windows is now called <i>"Classic Messenger"</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6v3o8EPg_0IEPcrdKBLOx8Dk-zIaB3V3XYXHaSMmORNLedPM3GPCPHgmtTPF65t966NfXic9R6JP6W62CQ_QphV3lB7ZmetXoa8YLVIcCZBi_uXTe1_SzBc2fXAlyiUaupOW6VyWEgKIHBSQ-xPNyUvXU56__Unbv4AUTdj3lVyh2LYfFX7b7l7C/s600/options_mode.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6v3o8EPg_0IEPcrdKBLOx8Dk-zIaB3V3XYXHaSMmORNLedPM3GPCPHgmtTPF65t966NfXic9R6JP6W62CQ_QphV3lB7ZmetXoa8YLVIcCZBi_uXTe1_SzBc2fXAlyiUaupOW6VyWEgKIHBSQ-xPNyUvXU56__Unbv4AUTdj3lVyh2LYfFX7b7l7C/s16000/options_mode.png" /></a></div><br /><div>Within the new release of the IM client we updated Bopup Communication Server which includes new version of <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/tools/im_client_configuration_tool.html" target="_blank">IM Client Configuration Tool</a>. It lets enable the appearance mode in the messengers remotely and centrally on the server.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/downloads/" target="_blank">Download Bopup Communication Server version 5.10.6 and Bopup Messenger version 7.4.0 — Corporate instant messaging software for secure data exchange between employees</a></span></div><p><br /></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-32064261747807548352022-06-05T14:37:00.000-07:002022-06-05T14:38:14.968-07:00Обновления в интерфейсе сервера сообщений и клиентском ПО<p>Новые версии программных продуктов Bopup доступны для загрузки на вебсайте по адресу <a href="https://www.bopup.ru/downloads" target="_blank">https://www.bopup.ru/downloads</a>/</p><p>Bopup Communication Server версии 5.10.3 включает изменения в интерфейсе Консоли Управления, в которой отображаются соответствующие пиктограммы напротив учетных записей пользователей, групп, новостей и т.д. во всех списках, что в свою очередь облегчает идентификацию объектов. </p><p>Вдобавок к этому все модули сервера были пересобраны с предыдущими более стабильными настройками, которые использовались до версии 5.10.0, так как в последнее время наша техническая поддержка столкнулась с массой отзывов о странной и нестабильной работе ПО.</p><p>Клиентские приложения Bopup Messenger и Bopup Observer также были обновлены. Версия 7.3.2 клиента Bopup Messenger содержит улучшения касающиеся интерфейсной части и теперь все отправленные скриншоты и изображения могут быть открыты по клику мышки в окне переписки подобно полученным данным.</p><p>Клиенты также поддерживают новое расположение файла настроек, который может быть скопирован в локальную директорию (папку установки), где находится исполняемый файл программы. Такой файл конфигурации имеет меньший приоритет по сравнению с <i>downloaded.ini</i> файлом загруженным с сервера мгновенных сообщений, но вместе с тем имеет больший приоритет по сравнению с общими настройками в профайле <i>All Users</i> и <i>ProgramData</i>.</p><p>Использование такого расположения для файла настроек может быть полезным на Linux системах, в частности ОС Astra Linux, когда рабочие файлы приложения копируются без установки и исполняются в среде Wine.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.ru/office-chat/" target="_blank">Загрузить Bopup Communication Server 5.10.3, Bopup Messenger 7.3.2 и Bopup Observer 6.1.1 — Приложения для организации системы мгновенных сообщений в среде предприятия</a></span></p><p><br /></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-21815590904573998742022-04-20T08:20:00.000-07:002022-04-20T08:20:13.162-07:00Exchange files smoothly without showing file transfer dialogs using the new version of Bopup IM<p> Both Bopup Communication Server and instant messenger apps have been updated. The major addition is that now IM software supports sending and receiving files in the messenger clients without displaying separate file transfer windows. So now files can be sent immediately once they are dropped in conversation dialog.</p><p>The new version is supported the latest version 5.10.1 of the communication server, Bopup Messenger version 7.3.0 and Bopup Observer version 6.1.0 In order to enable this feature go to Options dialog box in the Management Console of IM server and then switch to File Transfer. Enable <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/options/file_transfer_settings.html" target="_blank">"Exchange files without showing file transfer windows in IM clients" option</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/options_transfer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Enable smooth file transfer through IM server settings" border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="510" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/options_transfer.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enable smooth file transfer through IM server settings</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The new version of Bopup Communication Server also improves <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/tools/sql_database_maintenance.html" target="_blank">SQL database maintenance functionality</a>. Now it is possible to specify the number of recent days for which to keep existing data on the communication server during the database cleanup.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/tools_sqlmaintenance.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="573" height="650" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/tools_sqlmaintenance.png" width="573" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enter the number of days during the database cleanup</td></tr></tbody></table><div><p>Both Bopup Messenger and Bopup Observer clients now come with <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/messenger/guide/interface/message_transfer_history.html" target="_blank">improved Message History dialog</a> that contains function to remove selected data from the local history archive.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/messenger/interface_history.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="800" height="493" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/messenger/interface_history.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Messages and transfers can be now deleted from the messenger history</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Bopup Messenger version 7.3.0 also adds <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/messenger/guide/interface/sending_messages.html" target="_blank">File Transfer and Message History buttons on the conversation</a> toolbar for a rapid sending file to recipient and displaying history for current recipient.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/messenger/interface_sending.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="525" height="531" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/messenger/interface_sending.png" width="525" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Improved toolbar in the conversation dialog of Bopup Messenger</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/downloads/" target="_blank">Download Bopup Communication Server version 5.10.1, Bopup Messenger version 7.3.0 and Bopup Observer 6.1.0 — Self-hosted instant messaging system chosen by hundrends companies</a></span><br /><p><br /></p></div>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-1842771042522496892022-02-26T11:49:00.002-08:002022-02-26T11:51:14.693-08:00Tips & Tricks: How to install Bopup IM clients for all users on a computer<p>Both Bopup Messenger and Bopup Observer clients installations occur to current user on a Windows computer by default. This means that automatic startup key in the system registry and program shortcuts are created in Start menu and applied to the user only under which the installation was running.</p><p>Another case this critical behavior occurs when the messenger app is deployed and set up remotely using Active Directory Group Policies (GPO) that lets run MSI files. Since such installations are run under System account then no shortcuts are created for any user account in Windows. </p><p>In order to avoid this issue MSI files must be launched with ALLUSERS=1 passed to as a command line parameter. Please note that the parameter is a case-sensitive and must be typed in uppercase.</p><p>Example:</p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: courier;">msiexec /i bopupmes.msi ALLUSERS=1</span></p><p>We hope that this information helps and makes deploying Bopup IM software much easier and handy.</p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-2952750443453456942022-02-12T11:55:00.002-08:002022-02-12T11:55:28.351-08:00A patch file for Bopup Communication Server version 5.10.0<p>A recent release of the IM server adds a huge number of improvements and changed to SQL Server database. This may cause issues on version update of the application. We build a special patch tool that fixes errors in the database. </p><p>Download and launch this command line tool on a server running the communication server if you experience issues with starting the service after upgrading the application to version 5.10.0</p><p><a href="https://www.bopup.com/files/bcsdbpatch-51000.exe" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Download patch file for Bopup Communication Server version 5.10.0</span></a></p><p><br /></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-24097856214656650942022-01-20T09:00:00.003-08:002022-01-20T09:00:31.166-08:00Major update of Bopup Communication Server and new version of Bopup Messenger<p>Bopup Communication Server product has been update to version 5.10.0 This is a major release of the IM server that comes with great improvements, changes and bugfixes. </p><p>First of all we improved SQL database structure by removing unnecessary and adding new indexes to tables that speed up an overall performance. There are also a lot of changes and improvements in the IM service module that operates better and faster on a high number of concurrent users. </p><p>Management Console of the IM server adds a faster load of message log. We improved the lists and now data is shown rapidly even thousands of records are loaded. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/server_01.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="800" height="397" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/server_01.gif" width="640" /></a></div><p>Another improvement is related to displaying charts on the Welcome and other profile pages. We improved SQL queries that select data so now the charts do not delay loading pages.</p><p>A new version 7.2.16 of Bopup Messenger is also available. This is a critical release of the instant messenger that resolve the issue with message popup received from non-contacts user. We strongly recommend to update the messenger to the latest version.</p><p><a href="https://www.bopup.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Download Bopup Communication Server version 5.10.0 and Bopup Messenger version 7.2.16 — Office IM Suite for encrypted communication between employees</span></a></p><p><br /></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-68512893908768997742021-11-21T08:18:00.004-08:002021-11-21T08:18:45.356-08:00Bopup Communication Server version 5.9.3 — Stable IM server with support of thousands concurrent users<p> New version 5.9.3 of Bopup Communication Server is released. It is a critical update of the IM server software that fixes many issues and comes with great improvements. </p><p>The general fix relates to a memory leak in the service module. Due to that problem the service could not be even properly stopped and remained in Windows memory all time with "Stopping" status. Another issue was the problem with data update when the service stopped reading data from the SQL database. In addition the service could stop sending News messages after couple hours of running.</p><p>We strongly recommend to our customers to update their existing instance of Bopup Commuication Server to the new version to avoid problems described above and the issue with using a huge amount of memory by the IM service.</p><p>As always the update procedure is too much simple — just download a new setup package and launch it on the server computer to upgrade program files with keeping all data and settings.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/office-chat/server/" target="_blank">Download Bopup Communication Server version 5.9.3 — Organize secure instant messaging system over hundreds and thousands employees</a></span></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-1240650929812765832021-08-31T11:40:00.000-07:002021-08-31T11:40:07.095-07:00Bopup Communication Server version 5.9.2 adds minor improvements<p> We release new version 5.9.2 of the communication server. It is a minor release of the software products that contains few important changes.</p><p><b>Charts in Management Console display data for the last 7 days onl</b>y</p><p>Due to slow operation of the server console on showing charts we decided to decrease the period for which to show the data for. The new version of the IM server now shows charts for the last 7 days instead of 15-day period. This brings an affect on large databases with great number of users and exchanged data. Anyway the charts can be displayed optionally and this feature can be turned off in the server options <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/options/interface_settings.html">https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/options/interface_settings.html</a></p><p><b>New version of IM Client Configuration Tool </b></p><p>The setup package of the communication server comes with a new release of the IM Client Configuration Tool that lets configure and manage messenger settings from the server console. The recent version of the tool contains minor fixes and important confirmation box when a server name/address is changed. </p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/office-chat/" target="_blank">Download Bopup Communication Server version 5.9.2 — High-level IM solution for real-time communications</a></span></p><p><br /></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-44918355007630954242021-08-11T11:34:00.002-07:002021-08-11T11:34:56.661-07:00Patch is available to fix SQL errors after IM server upgrade to version 5.9<p>We stucked with many reports from our customers that started to experince issues with the communication server after applying recent version 5.9 The latest release of Bopup Communication Server comes with great and major changes in SQL database such as new tables, fields, indexes and etc. and all of these additions are added to existing database on version upgrade. Due to unknown reason sometimes most of the changes are not applied that causes the issues in IM service and errors in Management Console.</p><p>In order to fix possible upgrade problem and avoid interruption of the IM service after version upgrade we built and released a patch file that fix the database structure. Download the patch using the following link <a href="https://www.bopup.com/files/bcsdbpatch-5900.exe">https://www.bopup.com/files/bcsdbpatch-5900.exe</a> and run it on the computer with installed Bopup Communication Server. </p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-25294617515881625992021-07-22T08:42:00.000-07:002021-07-22T08:42:01.357-07:00Renew subscription for Bopup IM Upgrade Service with great discounts!<p>We are proud to announce that renewal of Upgrade Service subscription is now available with 20% and 30% discounts! The Upgrade Service offers the use of new versions of self-hosted Bopup IM including both communication server and messenger clients. The service subscription for 1st year is added for free to an initial purchase cost of the IM software but subsequent periods are paid annually. Now new customers may purchase the IM products with subscription for <b>2-year period with 20% discount</b> or for <b>3 years with 30% discount</b>.</p><p>There are also discounts available for Hosted IM that we also offer. The IM service for 6 months can be purchased with <b>5% discount</b> and <b>10% off</b> is available on purchase of 12-month service subscription.</p><p>We would be also glad to offer the discounts above to all of our existing customers. Contact us via <a href="mailto:sales@bopup.com">sales@bopup.com</a> email to get more information.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/order/" target="_blank">Renew Upgrade Service subscription with 20% and 30% discounts</a></span></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-28517764937991356792021-07-19T08:48:00.000-07:002021-07-19T08:48:05.261-07:00New version of the IM Server fixes displaying charts and many more<p>We release a new version 5.9.1 of Bopup Communication Server that is a mior update of the app. This release fixes issues with displaying charts on Dashboard screen in Management Console. Previous versions of the console brought SQL errors if the server database has a lot of users and delivered messages so we had to simplified query statements to get the charts working.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/server_logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="121" data-original-width="385" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/server_logo.gif" /></a></div><p>Version 5.9.1 also improves and avoid possible issues with network connections and requests from a huge number of IM clients so now the IM server must work better and faster.</p><p>There a lot of other small changes in the server console including app interface and performance.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/office-chat/server/" target="_blank">Download Bopup Communication Server version 5.9.1 — Self-Hosted IM platform for secure corporate communications</a></span></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-76866297036980841712021-07-05T12:53:00.000-07:002021-07-05T12:53:23.197-07:00Overall performance and new function called MyGroups: Meet new versions of IM server and secure messenger<p> We are glad to inform that new major updates of Bopup Communication Server and Bopup Messenger are now available. There is a large list of changes and fixes described below:</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What's new:</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Added MyGroups feature</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Recent versions of the software now support MyGroups feature that allow to create user groups directly from instant messenger clients. These function is available to <i>Power User</i> and <i>Adminstrator</i> account types only and it lets users to organize their own groups similar to Messaging Groups created on the IM server. Unlike regular groups MyGroups can be deleted by their owners. For more information about this feature refer online documentation <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/guide/mygroups/overview.html">https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/guide/mygroups/overview.html</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Improved overall performance of the IM server</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">New version of the messaging server improves and fixes structure of the SQL database. We noticed that when the server database grows with a lot of transferred messages, user sessions and other internal information that causes different issues related to overall performance of the IM server. New update adds all necessary indexes and new fields to SQL tables to fix them so now the server should work faster and better.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Many interface improvements</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">The server console fixes issues in it's interface such moving between elements in the left tree using arrows on the keyboard, saving message/transfer log into text files, displaying last logon time in Find Users view, moving/deleting messages in archive views, and others.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Download Bopup Communication Server version 5.9.0 and Bopup Messenger version 7.2.14 — Secure in-house instant messaging platform for internal communications</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-65852975664810530702021-05-01T12:15:00.000-07:002021-05-01T12:15:45.776-07:00Number of connected users, recent delivered data shown in charts. This and others in new version of Bopup Communication Server<p> New version 5.8.7 of Bopup Communication Server is available. This version improves many functoins and adds great features in GUI of Management Console.</p><p><b>Graphical charts that display recent data in the console</b></p><p>Most important addition is that now Management Console of the IM server displays charts on it's <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/guide/interface/user_interface.html" target="_blank">Dashboard</a>, <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/guide/user_management/user_accounts.html" target="_blank">Account</a> and <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/guide/messaging_groups/manage_groups.html" target="_blank">Group</a> profile pages. The chart show data for recent 15 days of the server activity and allow to view the number of online users, sent message and files for this period.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/interface_dashboard.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dashboard screen displays charts within recent delivered data" border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="800" height="397" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/interface_dashboard.png" title="Dashboard screen displays charts within recent delivered data" width="640" /></a></div><p>Charts on the Dashboard screen show the number of connected users, delivered messages and files per day for the last 15-day period. It is easy now to see how many users have been connected and how many data have been transferred. There is also another chart that shows a total amount of data transferred for that period.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/user_view.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Charts on the account profile page display recent activity by the user per day" border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="800" height="387" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/user_view.png" title="Charts on the account profile page display recent activity by the user per day" width="640" /></a></div><p>The account profile page contains similar chart that show the number of both sent and received private, group messages and file transfers by the user per day for the last 15 days. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/group_view.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The group profile page with charts of recent activity" border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="800" height="420" src="https://www.bopup.com/images/server/group_view.png" title="The group profile page with charts of recent activity" width="640" /></a></div><p>Charts on the group profile display the number of messages and documents sent on the group per day during the last 15 days.</p><p><b>Fixes possible issues with sending News messages</b></p><p>We did some changes in the function that transmits News messages from the messaging server. Sometimes the messages did not go if there are too many online users. So we moved that functionality to a separate thread to avoid that.</p><p><b>Fixed issues when running on PostgreSQL database</b></p><p>We found and fixes some errors when the server is running on PostgreSQL database server. Recent versions of the communication server contained bugs on upgrade function</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bopup.com/office-chat/server/" target="_blank">Download Bopup Communication Server 5.8.7 — Self-hosted instant messaging system as a corporate communication solution</a></span></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198645765217550057.post-14558541503987378222021-03-30T07:40:00.000-07:002021-03-30T07:40:45.705-07:00Configure instant messaging between computers not users<p>We released new versions of the instant messaging server and client messenger software that add an ability to exchange messages based on computer names instead of users. This allows to use Bopup IM software in those local networks where locations of workstations are much important than users that are working there.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Configure the communication server</span></b></p><p>New version 5.8.6 of Bopup Communication Server extends built-in <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/tools/import_user_accounts_active_directory_ldap.html" target="_blank">Active Directory Import Wizard</a> tool which now allows to search and import computers from LDAP catalog instead of user accounts.</p><p>In order to enable this and switch the wizard to the new mode a new hidden setting called "<b>ImportComputersFromAD</b>" must be created in the system registry under application key. Create that numeric setting in <i>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\B Labs\Bopup Communication Server</i> key (or in <i>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\B Labs\Bopup Communication Server</i> on 64-bit versions of Windows) and set it's value to "<b>1</b>".</p><p>Then run the Active Directory Import Wizard to add computer names available in domain network.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Configure the IM clients</span></b></p><p>Download recent versions of Bopup Messenger and Bopup Observer. In order to automate setting the local computer name as a default account name used to connect to the IM server in the messengers we added new option called "<b>UseComputerName</b>" in the [HIDDEN] section of the <i>setup.ini</i> configuration file. Set this parameter to "1" to enable the IM client to use local computer name. Then place the <i>setup.ini</i> file into the same folder within MSI setup file of the instant messenger and then install/upgrade the application.</p><p>It is possible to create and edit the setup.ini file using <a href="https://www.bopup.com/onlinehelp/server/tools/im_client_configuration_tool.html" target="_blank">IM Client Configuration Tool</a> which provides GUI for easy and handy maangement of client settings. It can be downloaded as a stand-alone app too from <a href="https://www.bopup.com/downloads/">https://www.bopup.com/downloads/</a></p><p>Please note that using computer names as account names does not support domain authentication since computers in the Active Directory are different from user account objects. So in this case the <i>Simple Authentication</i> must be enabled on the IM server.</p><p><a href="https://www.bopup.com/downloads/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Download the latest versions of Bopup Communication Server, Bopup Messenger and Bopup Observer software — Managed self-hosted client/server platform for secure text messaging and document exchange</span></a></p><p><br /></p>B Labshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05884105334738921675noreply@blogger.com0