[thelist] Looking for free or low cost instant messenger in a.NET or ASP solution

[Ken Schaefer]

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From: "f g" <iburagroup at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [thelist] Looking for free or low cost instant messenger in
a.NET or ASP solution

: >Though I'm unsure if you need to have all your clients
: > acquire accounts on
: >a service like AIM or MSN.
: >
:
: I am actually looking to have the IM seemlessly build
: within the site, so when the user setup an account and
: rofile they would then have access to our own IM client.

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Instant Messaging doesn't work over HTTP, which is what your webpages are
being delivered over.

a) You can embed a Java Applet, ActiveX Control, or similar, into the page.
This program maintains a constant connection with your backend servers,
allowing messages to flow backwards and forwards

b) You have a webpage that refreshes itself periodically, and pulls the
latest messages from the server. To send a message, the user needs to type
it and submit the page back to the server.

Cheers
Ken