How to get to Jabber internal server

Question

Our IT team allows users to utilize Sparknotes on an internal Jabber server. However Sparknotes is Windoze only and iChat assumes you want the external Jabber servers. *The IT team doesn't support any other chat clients.*
How can I add our internal Jabber server to iChat (or as a last resort, Messenger 2011)
Searched the forums for an answer, but the suggestions seem to be server-side versus client side.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
iChat should be able to contact any Jabber Server no matter where it is.
It will need DNS server info listed locally that will allow iChat to Resolve the Jabber Domain/Server Name.
Presuming that they have Linked Login names to the Jabber Server then all you should have to do is type in your Account Details.
With iChat Open go to the iChat Menu > Preferences > Accounts.
Use the + sign to access the Add Account pane.
Chose Jabber from the drop down.
Add you ID details and Password.
Variants.
In iChat 5 at this point you can mouse over the bottom of the Pane and edit the server name SSL option and port if required.
iChat 4 will need you to proceed past this point (tell you what to do in a minute) but iChat will presume the Suffix after the @ is the Server name
The next pane should confirm the detail.
For iChat 4 you may now need to go to the Server Setting tab for the New account and check the Server name and Port and if it uses SSL or not.
In addition to this you may need to ADD the Local DNS server info to System Preferences > Network > (Connection Method) > Advanced Button > DNS tab
Psi may provide a stepping stone if you have to Register a name on the server.
It is written in JAVA and can be used on any Platform.
It comes with the Jabber Registration module that iChat does not have.
Although these Instructions here are for something else and the pics are from an older version they should be close enough (down to Step 3) fro you to Register if required.
Someone here may be able to fill in any more details you may need (OS X Server > 10.6 > Collaboration services) Obviously the questions are about setting up OS X servers and the iChat server. If Tim Harris responds he knows about the iChat Client and Servers in general.
10:11 PM Monday; March 21, 2011
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