[KLUG Members] ICQ - was: Is this the end of Netscape?

[Bruce Smith]

> >I'm not an IM user (neven been able to get any of the Linux clients to
> >work reliably).
> I don't understand why you're having such trouble. One of the best IM
> clients (LICQ) ships with RH since 7.? and has always worked for me right
> outta da box.

And I've had good luck with the ICQ plugin for GAIM.  For users of
multiple IM services, it's nice to have only one IM window open.

>  - I use IM's, mostly ICQ (LICQ with encryption) for collaboration with 
>    others overseas. 

What method of encryption does LICQ use?  Is it a private/public key
thing like GPG/PGP?  If not, how does it work exchanging keys?

> e-mail is not as secure,

Email doesn't have to be insecure.  I setup Evolution with GPG recently
for the first time.  Very slick!  I've also heard good things about
other email clients that support GPG out of the box like Evolution.

Fairly simple to setup.  VERY simple to use.  And VERY SECURE.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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