Subject: Re: Office IM's
From: Dave Brown (dbrown@tertiary.net)
Date: Fri Nov 30 2001 - 17:38:10 AKST
You might want to have a look at Jabber. connects to all the major IM
networks with one program, and if you want you can limit it to just your
local net. It does require a linux based server though
At 01:59 PM 11/30/2001, Justin Dieters wrote:
>Hey all.. this isn't a Linux related question, but I know a lot of you are
>System Admin's, so I hope you can forgive me and hopefully give me some
>pointers. I'm looking for an IM program to use on a small (~15 Win98
>users) office network. All I need is messaging and file transfers, so
>anything else would be incidental, but something that can be docked in the
>systray would be nice. I'm looking for something similar to ICQ, but that
>does not need access to the internet. Currently i'm looking at something
>called e/pop (www.wiredred.com) I'm wondering if anyone has used or knows
>of any good programs that would fit my needs. My main objective is to
>stop people from sending large files over e-mail while at the same time
>not having to have people share their drives/folders over the network.
>
>Thanks in advance
>Justin Dieters
>Rodney P. Kinney Associates
>justind@rpka.net
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