Sendxmpp is a perl script to send text XMPP (jabber) messages, similar to what mail(1) and sendmail(1) does for mail.

sendxmpp is useful for monitoring remote servers (it can warn sending xmpp-messages), and watching VCS commit messages (developers are all connected to a XMPP-chatroom to which messages are sent.

XMPP is an open, non-proprietary protocol for instant messaging. See www.jabber.org for more information.