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 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I am looking for chat software and also message board software for a Sun unix server run by my ISP. &nbsp;The following things are necessary:<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1. &nbsp;The software work on a unix server.<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2. &nbsp;The software _not_ require downloading of a plug-in or helper (since I'm trying to appeal to the broadest possible group, including newbies too lazy or inept to download and install things).<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3. &nbsp;For that reason, that the chat software _not_ be IRC.<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4. &nbsp;That the software be usable by older browsers, such as pre-3.0 Netscape and even Lynx if that is possible.<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5. &nbsp;That the software provide a way to identify and exclude persons misusing either the chat area or the message area.<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; This is for a low-budget quasi-educational web site. &nbsp;While freeware or shareware is obviously better, I can afford reasonably-priced commercial software, too.<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Many thanks in advance.<br />
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       I am looking for chat software and also message board software for a Sun unix server run by my ISP.  The following things are necessary:

        1.  The software work on a unix server.

        2.  The software _not_ require downloading of a plug-in or helper (since I'm trying to appeal to the broadest possible group, including newbies too lazy or inept to download and install things).

        3.  For that reason, that the chat software _not_ be IRC.

        4.  That the software be usable by older browsers, such as pre-3.0 Netscape and even Lynx if that is possible.

        5.  That the software provide a way to identify and exclude persons misusing either the chat area or the message area.

        This is for a low-budget quasi-educational web site.  While freeware or shareware is obviously better, I can afford reasonably-priced commercial software, too.

        Many thanks in advance.

                                                Ted Smith
                                                Denver 



Need software to base chat/messaging on Unix server

Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 at Bell Labs. Today, it is a modern OS with many commercial flavors and licensees, including FreeBSD, Hewlett-Packard’s UX, IBM AIX and Apple Mac OS-X. Apart from its command-line interface, most UNIX variations support the standardized X Window System for GUIs, with the exception of the Mac OS, which uses a proprietary system.