ejabberd - Comments for "invisible users don&amp;#039;t receive offline messages" https://www.ejabberd.im/node/3218 en Check how your client makes 'invisible'. https://www.ejabberd.im/node/3218#comment-53608 <p>There are several methods in Jabber/XMPP to be 'invisible'.</p> <ul> <li><noindex><a href="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0018.html" rel="nofollow" >XEP-0018: Invisible Presence</a></noindex> proposes a presence of type 'invisible'. It is a rejected XEP. </li> <li><noindex><a href="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0126.html" rel="nofollow" >XEP-0126: Invisibility</a></noindex> uses privacy rules</li> <li><noindex><a href="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0186.html" rel="nofollow" >XEP-0186: Invisible Command</a></noindex> is still experimental and not implemented</li> <li>The client logins but doesn't send the initial presence.</li> </ul> <p>Note what <noindex><a href="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0160.html" rel="nofollow" >XEP-0160: Best Practices for Handling Offline Messages</a></noindex> says:</p> <blockquote><p>When the recipient next sends non-negative available presence to the server, the server delivers the message to the resource that has sent that presence.</p></blockquote> <p>If you look at your Jabber client, and you find that ejabberd doesn't seem to work as defined in some protocol, please report here so we investigate further.</p> Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:46:00 +0000 mfoss comment 53608 at https://www.ejabberd.im