Re: [LUG] Bulletin board software

[Kai Hendry <hendry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 11:47:27 +0000, Simon Waters wrote:
> Anyone using a simple text based chat they would recommend.

Text based? IRC or Jabber then surely ? 
I use both under irssi with bitlbee as the IM gateway.

> Want something for non-techies so working with Microsoft telnet
> is a must.

Yes, replace the .exe with putty :)

> Don't need features - authenticaing against /etc/passwd or typed
> list is fine.

authentication ? that sounds like a feature for chat  ! :)

> Failing that a nice Java applet chat and server - the link at
> the GNU site to a Java chat program seems to be bust.

Java. bad bad bad bad bad. That damned BBC News ticker never fails to
give me grief.

-Kai

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