[Opensim-dev] What does the MessagingServer do?

[Mojito Sorbet]

Yes, I know about the scalability.  I just wanted to know where the
appropriate information is available.

I assume these "IM and Friends modules" are the ones in the Region
servers.  Is there something location specific about IM that I am not
aware of, or is this just to spread out the processing to servers
already communicating with the appropriate viewers?

On Sat, 2009-07-04 at 21:36 +0200, Melanie wrote:
> Because of scalability concerns, messages can not pass through a 
> central server.
> 
> They are passed from the agent region to the destination region 
> directly. To this end, the messaging server holds a list of agent 
> locations (presence information) and supplies this to the IM and 
> friends modules.
> 
> Messages pass region to region.
> 
> Melanie
> 
> Mojito Sorbet wrote:
> > I am looking for a place to hang a new idea on how Instant Messages
> > work.  The MessagingServer looked (by its name) to be the right place,
> > but I can not find a clear description of exactly what the role of this
> > Server is.  Could somebody point me to the right documentation?