Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:12:03 -0400 From: "Kevin McCormick" <bishopahr@cyberyell.com> To: "Morse, Richard E." <REMORSE@PARTNERS.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: IRC server? Message-ID: <NJEILFFGFACAOBDNPELNIELICDAA.bishopahr@cyberyell.com> In-Reply-To: <375F68784081D511908A00508BE3BB1701EF197D@phsexch22.mgh.harvard.edu>
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Although it isn't an IRC solution, there is a great alternative that might suit your needs. It's called Jabber (www.jabber.org), and I believe that both a server and client(s) are available in the ports tree. It's basically an instant messaging system with multi-user chat capabilities, and you run the server instead of AOL or MSN. It's quite nice especially in workgroups, since there are excellent clients for Windows, Linux, and of course FreeBSD. And, it's all open source. The nice added bonus of Jabber is that you as the server admin have the option of installing the AOL, MSN, Yahoo!, and ICQ "Transports", which allows your users to add screen names from any of the aforementioned services to their Jabber buddy lists, which is useful for some situations. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Morse, Richard E. Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:30 AM To: 'questions@freebsd.org' Subject: IRC server? Hi! I'm thinking of trying to set up a small local IRC server, with the possibility of trying to convince a number of people to use IRC instead of having conference calls over speakerphones (conference calls aren't a problem, it's the speakerphones that annoy me...). However, although I've used IRC a bunch, I'm not that familiar with the server side. Does anyone have any suggestions for a fairly small, straightforward IRC server? Thanks, Ricky ----------------------------------------------------- Richard Morse System Administrator MGH Biostatistics Center 50 Staniford St. Rm 560 remorse@partners.org 617/724-9830 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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