Using Jabber to send network messages

Question

(Also asked over on ServerFault, where I was advised to post it here too)

We have a requirement to send desktop alerts to various users (compliance, production)

Answer 1

Offline message delivery is not guaranteed by XMPP specification. It depends on concrete server implementation. Moreover, it has cost in supporting user accounts. As an out-of-box solution it is fine, but since we are in development community, I would consider building alert system using MessageQueue for guaranteed delivery.