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On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, ren wrote: : PGP Corporate Desktop can help with ICQ if you are a Windows user. : -ren, who prefers IRC Not for long... http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-851515.html "A week ago, on Feb. 26, Network Associates (NAI) sent an e-mail to some of its customers announcing that it had killed the PGP Desktop Security product line." "the products have now been put into "maintenance mode," which means that existing support contracts will be honored until they run out, at which point they will not be renewed. New versions of PGP Desktop will not be released." scott : : At 12:24 PM 6/25/2002 -0700, Dan Hollis wrote: : : >On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Christopher J. Wolff wrote: : > > So my question for the group is, do chat programs (IM, IRC, yahoo) serve a : > > substantial network support purpose or are they more of a distraction, : > > allowing staff to communicate with friends, relatives, drifters, : > interlopers : > > on company time? : > : >We find IRC and IM invaluable. Set up a private irc server behind the : >firewall, and use crypto-hard ICQ like licq. (if you use windoze you are : >probably out of luck though) : > : >-Dan : >-- : >[-] Omae no subete no kichi wa ore no mono da. [-] : : :
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