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What are some internal instant messaging services that you've used in the past?
How would you rate them 1-10 (10=high)
I'm interested specifically in free or inexpensive ware that would benefit non-profit organizations and stay within their tight budgets.
by deity_chooch
Well, it's probably not a lot of help to you, but I do chat on a Jabber server that a friend made. I don't know how difficult it would be to create such a server (I would assume it's downloading a server program and running through a quick setup procedure before starting), but I do enjoy the server. I use it mostly for chatting, but you can also send instant messages to single users.
As far as I know, this program is free, but you'll have to pay for any hardware that you don't already have available (should be just a computer that is on the network).
I've also heard of people building their own irc servers as well, but I have even less experience with that.
by t. hans
Thank you chooch,
Jabber is a good software, but it requires a 'server' machine installed with Linux in order to route IM traffic. Although it's possible to do this on an old computer with minimal hardware specs, it's not quite the cheapest option.
One thing I did find was a program called InterChat. It works beautifully and sniffs the network for other logged-in users. Then auto-populates the users. The only thing I don't care for is the SpeedBar. It opens and closes to it's own beat and drives a person insane. I ended up disabling that feather.
So far though InterChat is a great option. Free, easy to install and configure, as well as intuitive.
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