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November 3rd, 2004, 01:10 PM
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(OT) Instant Messages
OK I know of AOL's one, ICQ, are there others? what one is best?  Thanks 
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November 3rd, 2004, 02:08 PM
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Re: (OT) Instant Messages
ICQ is real good but spammy, AOL is the one I am usually on, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger also exist. And to bring them all together is Trillian (you either love it or hate it) http://www.trillian.cc/
The best one is the one everyone else you know is Online with. Of course that is the point of Trillian - it will log you into all of the ones I mentioned above and will handle IRC (though I havnt used it for that)
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November 3rd, 2004, 02:20 PM
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Re: (OT) Instant Messages
There is of courser Jabber, which trumps them all...
www.jabber.org
Trillian Pro has a pitiful Jabber plugin, which allows basic functionality but has many problems...
There is also Novell something or other, which is more designed for internal IM networks in large companies and such, so isn't really relevent.  |
November 3rd, 2004, 02:40 PM
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Re: (OT) Instant Messages
Hmmm...nothing said "Download" on the site 
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November 3rd, 2004, 05:17 PM
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Re: (OT) Instant Messages
Jabber is an open protocol which anyone may freely write a client for or even run their own server for, unlike the major IM networks (AIM, Yahoo, etc.). It is not a specific IM program. There is a page listing all sorts of programs with Jabber functionality.
http://www.jabber.org/software/clients.php
Gaim is a multi-server IM client like Trillian, and is totally free. I forget whether it supports Jabber by default or whether you need a plugin for Jabber though... |
November 3rd, 2004, 05:32 PM
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Re: (OT) Instant Messages
I guess I will stick with ICQ....I do not know software that well....me likes to "Plug-N-Play"  Thanks for all the input 
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November 3rd, 2004, 05:34 PM
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November 4th, 2004, 05:31 PM
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Re: (OT) Instant Messages
Well, you've no idea how happy i'm to see someone who uses ICQ, over here where i live, everyone uses MSN , don't matter what they said ICQ is far better than anyother IM.
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