[THIN] Re: Instant Messenger
- From: "Jim Kerr" <jim@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 01:00:37 -0400
If your users must use an IM client I like Trillian. It supports AIM, MSN,
IRC, YAHOO, ICQ. I use it mainly for AIM and encrypt all my chat sessions
with it. At my conpany we often rely on IM to get in touch with folks in the
field. ANother tool many of us "geeks" use is Skype from www.skype.com. It's
free vocie over IP. It works great.
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Riggins
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 12:08 AM
Subject: [THIN] Re: Instant Messenger
Here are some reasons we don't want them to:
a.. They chat in clear text
b.. It's difficult to monitor what information they are passing via the
messenger (maybe your company's fiscal info)
c.. Viruses can be transferred which will rely on av at the desktop,
whereas they may normally come through your smtp gateways and be cleaned long
before they reach the end user
d.. They're usually not used in a productive manner
e.. It's just another app we'd have to support, and nobody would be happy
if we said they could only use one kind anyway
Good luck,
R
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Robinson, Nick
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 4:19 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Instant Messenger
I have a growing number of people in my organization that are using Yahoo
Instant Messenger. I don't want them to use it but I can't give them a reason
not to. Can anyone tell me any reasons NOT to use Yahoo Instant Messenger so I
can validate taking it away?
The evil admin
Nick
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