OT: Recommend an IM provider

[David A. Bandel]

On Nov 21, 2007 12:50 AM, Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:11:23AM -0600, Michael Hipp wrote:
> > Kurt Wall wrote:
> >> On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 09:47:19AM -0600, Michael Hipp wrote:
> >>> I've decided to work my way out of the stone age and finally embrace IM.
> >>>
> >>> Can anyone recommend a "neutral" IM provider (no MSN or AOL, thank you)
> >>> that I can sign up with.
> >>
> >> IRC. No sign-up required.
> >
> > Thanks. But IRC is kinda non-specific isn't it? Any particular IRC?
>
> Ah. So you want person-to-person messaging, rather than signing into
> a channel? Well, IRC is the latter but rarely used for the former.

And while Jabber is principally the former, you can set up "rooms" for groups.


Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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