Office Messaging Software?

bigdunc · 19 Aug 2008 at 14:30

Hi

Does anyone know of any free/cheap software that allows users on a network to leave a message for other users? So if someone is on a phonecall and somebody else has taken a message for them, they can send them a pop-up message onscreen with details (who rang, number to ring back etc).

Cheers

bledd · 19 Aug 2008 at 14:39

could setup yahoo/msn accounts and give everyone 'pidgin'

this is what we do in my office (only a few of us work here mind)

jbloggs · 19 Aug 2008 at 14:48

What about Messenger?

bigdunc · 19 Aug 2008 at 14:54

Thanks for the quick replys. They currently have 30+ staff so don't really want to setup yahoo/msn style accounts for every user. Something that linked into exchange server 2003 would be ideal if there is such a thing?

Cheers

bledd · 19 Aug 2008 at 14:59

email? :S

ringo747 · 19 Aug 2008 at 15:00

Office communicator would probably be ideal but its not free.

Burnsy2023 · 19 Aug 2008 at 15:01

You could buy MS Live Communications Server.

Burnsy

Ev0 · 19 Aug 2008 at 23:05

As said, email

Or Live Comms Server, but that'll cost.

Caged · 19 Aug 2008 at 23:15

Make a Jabber server linked to AD and then use Pidgin to connect to it.

Have a read of http://megaz.arbuz.com/2005/12/22/jabber-and-active-directory

swinnie · 19 Aug 2008 at 23:17

Make your own app :rolleyes:

Novell Groupwise, probably expensive though.

SuperBeast · 19 Aug 2008 at 23:23

Borgchat maybe what you are after.

swinnie · 19 Aug 2008 at 23:45

Just as an afterthought...

Setup your own IRC server, then get people to use PVTChat using /msg NICK <yourmessage>

A lot of good clients such as Chatzilla.

Mr.Clark · 20 Aug 2008 at 08:37

I know Exchange 2000 had a instant messenger feature in it.

Does 2003, or did MS take it out in order to sell Live Communications Server (or whatever the latest flavour is called)?

Can you set up Google Apps for your domain to run their Messenger without setting it up to run email too?

BigBoy · 20 Aug 2008 at 20:47

Google For WinPopup Lan Messenger.

I use it to talk to my neighbour most evenings (we share a Wlan)

Burnsy2023 · 20 Aug 2008 at 20:53

Mr.Clark said:
I know Exchange 2000 had a instant messenger feature in it.

Does 2003, or did MS take it out in order to sell Live Communications Server (or whatever the latest flavour is called)?

Yeah they did, I was rather annoyed to find that out.

Burnsy

VeNT · 21 Aug 2008 at 10:23

tbh
openfire/spark
works fine, will pull user details from AD and works well here

Faffer · 21 Aug 2008 at 13:12

IP Messenger