Using messenger on LAN only.

[Guest]

IS it posible to use messanger confined to our lan only?

 

[John Marion]

If you have a Windows '95 CD (or was it 3.11?) you can copy "winpopup" for
LAN instant messaging.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

Unless you have a SIP-Based Communications Server or Exchange Server, no you cannot.

You can however use something like LanTalk:
http://www.lantalk.net
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[Alan White]

Why couldn't he just allow other users on his LAN as the only contacts set
up - and vice versa? Technically it wouldn't be confined to the LAN, but if
no other names were listed, practically he would get what he wants.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Alan,

I believe the idea here is a setup sans internet access.
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Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
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