From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 29 0:43:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from homer.softweyr.com (bsdconspiracy.net [208.187.122.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB04937B401 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 00:43:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=softweyr.com ident=Fools trust ident!) by homer.softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 1412su-0000SE-00; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 01:46:36 -0700 Message-ID: <3A24C26C.76460A61@softweyr.com> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 01:46:36 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Nowlin Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IM server? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Nowlin wrote: > > This really isn't a (directly) FBSD-related question, but since I'm trying > to get everyone at work off MS products over to FBSD workstations, I > figure it's appropriate enough to ask here... :) > > The new guy who came in to start running the company is big on sending > documents back and forth via email, shared electronic scheduling, > etc. One of his wishes is to get ICQ, AIM, or some other instant > messaging capability between employees. Due to the nature of our > business, we really can't connect to the "normal" ICQ (etc.) servers on > the public network. (Legal reasons, and upper management doesn't want our > employees chatting with their friends during work time.) > > So... > > Anyone know of a program out there that can act as a central server for > ICQ? (I know there's some AIM clones out there, but I'd rather avoid that > one...) A quick look in ports and some digging around on Google and > Freshmeat didn't return much. A private IRC server? -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message