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Deploying
IBM® Sametime® consists of a variety of servers and clients, and can be deployed to suit many different environments. The deployment instructions are organized by feature set, beginning with the minimum components that are necessary to support instant messaging, and then expanding the deployment to include features such as audio and video support, and conferencing.
Deploying an instant messaging gateway for external communities
Clients in a local IBM® Sametime® community can communicate with users in other communities through the Sametime Gateway.
Connecting servers to Sametime® Gateway
To complete IBM® Sametime® Gateway Server setup, you connect servers to the Sametime Gateway Server by performing some configuration steps on the local Sametime server, adding the local community to the Sametime Gateway Server, registering your Sametime Gateway server with AOL so that Sametime Gateway Server can connect to the AOL clearinghouse, and then, after you complete your registration, adding the AOL clearinghouse community to the Sametime Gateway Server. Finally, you want to note the port numbers so you can provide these ports to external communities.
Connecting to third-party instant messaging communities
Add third-party instant messaging communities such as Microsoft™ Office Communications Server and XMPP communities, AOL® clearinghouse, and AOL Instant Messenger™ to Sametime® Gateway Server.
Managing external watching
The Sametime® server allows an external watcher, or user who has someone on his or her contact list that is unaware of being watched, to conduct this activity; however, this capability can be disabled.

Managing external watching

The Sametime® server allows an external watcher, or user who has someone on his or her contact list that is unaware of being watched, to conduct this activity; however, this capability can be disabled.

Configuring user consent

Instant messaging users from commercial IM providers such as Google can watch the status of internal Sametime users unless the server is configured to manage this functionality. This functionality can be managed through the 'user consent' feature. When the server is configured to require permission from the Sametime user, the Sametime user sees a pop-up window on his screen, asking for permission for the external user to watch the Sametime user's status. The Sametime user can give consent, or not.

To require the external IM watcher to gain permission of the 'watched' person, follow these steps:

Open the sametime.ini file.
In the [Config] section, add:
AWARENESS_EXTERNAL_NEED_PERMISSION=1
Shut down and restart the Sametime server to effect the change.

By default, the configuration flag is set to 0.

When the server is configured to require permission from the Sametime user, the Sametime user sees a popup window requesting permission for the external user to watch the Sametime user's status. The Sametime user can approve or decline.