Messaging over a small network

ins0mn1ac · 6 Jan 2009 at 18:28

Is there any freeware available that can do this? Preferably it needs to be fairly simple to use/look at.

ins0mn1ac · 7 Jan 2009 at 14:57

Is this like a really stupid question or something since its being avoided?

Skidilliplop · 7 Jan 2009 at 15:06

You could probably use an IRC server to do it.

Rainmaker · 7 Jan 2009 at 15:15

What type of messaging, and what type of small network? LAN in a single building? Windows has messaging built in for LAN use, and you can also just use WLM/MSN?

Mr-White · 7 Jan 2009 at 15:24

what about outlook messenger ?

MW

ins0mn1ac · 7 Jan 2009 at 17:45

Mr-White said:
what about outlook messenger ?

MW

Only a trial.

I've found something called MessagePal but still only a trial.

Skidilliplop · 8 Jan 2009 at 16:06

http://www.nonags.com/software.asp?ID=2855

Lots of free IRCds out there. Just install one on a server and use a standard IRC chat client to connect to it.

blastman · 8 Jan 2009 at 16:37

from the command prompt; 'net send' ???

Nanobot · 8 Jan 2009 at 21:28

What type of messaging as previously asked. Winchat is still alive and kicking.

There was a comic chat with poseable characters - cant remember what that was called.

chriscpritchard · 8 Jan 2009 at 22:52

Nanobot said:
What type of messaging as previously asked. Winchat is still alive and kicking.
There was a comic chat with poseable characters - cant remember what that was called.

That was Microsoft Comic Chat, it was basically an IRC client that added metadata to all the messages in order to portray the emotions, this was one of the reasons it never really caught on.

Nanobot · 8 Jan 2009 at 23:01

Ah yes. It was pretty good fun and shame it didnt replace emoticons, it almost wrote a good comic book after an hour or so. I recall offices used to then try and ban winchat and winpopup as it was rampant back in the day.

atomiser · 8 Jan 2009 at 23:25

what about openfire as the 'server' and spark as the 'client'?

chriscpritchard · 8 Jan 2009 at 23:33

Nanobot said:
Ah yes. It was pretty good fun and shame it didnt replace emoticons, it almost wrote a good comic book after an hour or so. I recall offices used to then try and ban winchat and winpopup as it was rampant back in the day.

You made me go and install MS Comic Chat

grrr! I shall be playing around with it for ages now, it's let me rediscover IRC... with comic characters!

Nanobot · 8 Jan 2009 at 23:37

Oh no! I am resisting... I did try Winchat from Run expecting an error to come back but it opened! I quickly closed it. :eek:

cokecan · 9 Jan 2009 at 02:02

In my old school me and the other teccies/network manager used Exodus IM to keep in touch as well as email. it took very little setting up and worked pretty well