[Serusers] slightly OT: client to work with SER

[Jamey Hicks]

Klaus Darilion wrote:

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> Jeff Harrington wrote:
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>> All,
>>     I'm trying to find a decent client to use with SER.  The server 
>> is all set up and clients can make/receive calls, but there are a few 
>> options I would like to have.  I need clients for at least Mac and 
>> Windows, preferably open source and relatively cheap.  I've tried 
>> SJPhone, Xlite, Windows Messenger, and Mirial.  None of them will 
>> pull down contacts that were set up on SERWEB when I register with my 
>> SER server.
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> I don't know any SIP-based client which is capable of fetching the 
> buddy list from a server. Furthermore this is not supported by ser.
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sipc from Columbia University supports an early draft of xcap for 
managing buddy lists stored on the server.  I prototyped support for 
that with a python xcap talking to the same database used by the ser 
presence agent.  The xcap support will need significant work when the 
next xcap internet-draft is available.

Jamey