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On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 07:53:38PM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 10:11:07PM +0200, poptix wrote: > > > > FYI, there are ICQ servers you can run locally, but > > not for AIM or MSN, I would suggest an IRC server. > > IRC pretty much requires you to sit there watching it, and has lots of > other limitations that make it less useful for this purpose than instant > messenging. > > Try Jabber; they have servers. > > And, it can also talk to AIM, MSN, etc, although AOL is currently trying > to make that stop working. One more thing to try: Gale (www.gale.org). Built-in public key crypto - everyone has a key, messages are automatically encrypted, etc. It even comes with a Zephyr gateway for any MIT folks. :) David -- David Shaw | [email protected] | WWW http://www.jabberwocky.com/ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." - Jeremy S. Anderson Attachment:
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