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From: DJ Borell on 18 Feb 2005 01:17 "Greg Stigers, MCSA" <gregstigers+wmsn(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message news:ezZKpqXFFHA.1348(a)TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... > Neither am I. But first try on my home network did no better. It works for > you? Well, I never use it, so I tested it after reading your post. I ran it on my W2K3 DC and connected with my XP Pro (SP2) client. Worked without problem. Then, just to make sure, I connected two XP Pro clients and it worked there, too. I'm running 2K3 with ISA04 as the gateway, configured "wide-open" for everything in the LAT. > Again, these are two users, higher than me in the org chart, who are using > a well-known IM client for in-house conversations. We really want to keep > it in-house, and other players are looking at various freeware offerings, > which I would prefer to avoid if MS has something I can use instead. Well, I guess the org chart explains why you're doing it...as most admins would just say "no" to this without a business need. ;-) As far as I've ever looked, your options from MS are pretty well limited to MSN Messenger and WinChat. Take a look at this one. I've never used it, but have heard of it. Also, it offers encrypted traffic. And since you only need two licenses (for now), it's rather inexpensive. http://messenger.softros.com/
From: NobodyMan on 18 Feb 2005 13:13 On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:28:19 -0500, "Greg Stigers, MCSA" <gregstigers+wmsn(a)spamcop.net> wrote: >"DJ Borell" <dborell(remove)@techmedix.com> wrote: >> Not sure why WinChat would fail on your system... >Neither am I. But first try on my home network did no better. It works for >you? > >> As you seem more concerned about keeping traffic internal than encryption, >> have you considered creating a rule that prevents outgoing traffic on the >> port used by whatever chat client you go with? >I want encryption, too, but that's another problem. Actually, I want >Exchange to give me IMing. But since Messenger does require either an SIP >server or Passport, and we do not have an SIP server, we are stuck going >outside. I assume that Messenger traffic also flows outside, and is not >peer-to-peer. > >Again, these are two users, higher than me in the org chart, who are using a >well-known IM client for in-house conversations. We really want to keep it >in-house, and other players are looking at various freeware offerings, which >I would prefer to avoid if MS has something I can use instead. You can't convince them to use the phone for in-house communications?
From: DJ Borell on 18 Feb 2005 13:22
"NobodyMan" <none(a)none.net> wrote in message news:51cc11l904sf7onds2raipf0ivs6igfipv(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:28:19 -0500, "Greg Stigers, MCSA" > > You can't convince them to use the phone for in-house communications? > A phone? How quaint...;-) |