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I use Adium for the Mac (http://www.adiumx.com/), supports the following protocols: AOL Jabber MSN Yahoo! Bonjour MySpace IM Gadu-Gadu Novell Groupwise QQ Lotus Sametime. -t On Dec 14, 2007, at 9:38 AM, John Resotko wrote: > Thanks for that disclaimer, Ed. That also explains why it hasn't be > promoted as an officially supported tool. Still, for those willing to > try it, that leads me to my next question.... what client do you > recommend? > > I've been looking at chat consolidation clients, such as the free > version of Trillian, as well as Pidgin, so I can also keep tabs on > more > than one messenger account. For those unfamiliar with these tools, > they > are basically chat clients that support multiple vendor chat > protocols, > such as AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN, all at the same time in a single > client software. I have enough running on my PC that don't want the > overhead of multiple chat clients. > > I was wondering what people are using for chat clients, if you are > using a consolidated client like the two I mention, and the pros and > cons you've seen using them. Thanks! > > > > John A. Resotko > Head of Systems Administration > Michigan State University College of Law > 208 Law College Building > East Lansing, MI 48824-1300 > email: [log in to unmask] > Phone: 517-432-6836 > Fax: 517-432-6861 > > Current Chairperson of the > MSU Network Communications Community > > >>>> Ed Symanzik <[log in to unmask]> 12/14/2007 9:21 AM >>> > Nicholas, > > Perhaps that is where the confusion lies. IRC is not being promoted > for > official or even reliable, person-to-person communication. Rather, we > use it > the same way you use efnet, to contact a group where there is a > critical mass of > technical people such that someone may have an answer and a discussion > may > ensue. It has more of a conversational feel than you get in a forum > or > mailing > list. > > It also works well as an IT watercooler. > > http://irc.acns.msu.edu/ > > -- > Ed Symanzik -- Troy Murray Developer Michigan State University Biomedical Research and Informatics Center (BRIC) 100 Conrad Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517-432-4248 Fax: 517-353-9420 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Calendar HTML - http://www.icalx.com/html/troymurray72/month.php?cal=BRIC+Work iCalendar - http://www.icalx.com/public/troymurray72/BRIC%20Work.ics