Re: Winchat

From: Greg Stigers, MCSA (gregstigers+wmsn_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 02/18/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:28:19 -0500

"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. 

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Greg Stigers, MCSA
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