Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?
* dman (dsh8290@rit.edu) [Jan 18. 2002 00:12]:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 07:51:58PM -0800, Mark Ferlatte wrote:
> | I never understood the appeal of an IM, other than it tells you if
> | someone's online. Email always seemed to be plenty fast enough, and a
> | lot easier to deal with.
[...]
> (FWIW UNIX had the first IM called 'talk', too bad I never see it used
> anymore (in fact, I can't get it to work at school))
How about kibitz? :-) I think it still comes packaged in the examples
directory with expect. If you need to carry on a conversation it's
pretty annoying, but it can be fun.
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