I am using licq -- ICQ for Linux. The interesting thing is
that I can see a friend online but he cannot see me. I
don't know if that is good or bad.
Phil
On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Greg Stewart wrote:
>Depending on the ICQ client(s) you and others are using, and depending upon
>whether you have left those ports open on the firewall, you may or mat not
>have success with ICQ.
>
>I have read that ICQ 1999b, on Win95 and Win98, behind a firewall work;
>however, the 2000(a) version doesn't. This may be a problem with the client
>itself, or with the ports that are being used.
>
>You may actually need to play around with port-forwarding in these cases to
>get around the issue if ICQ will permit that.
>
>To tell you the truth, I don't use ICQ, so I couldn't get you any further
>than this. But, I hope at least this small amount was helpful.
>
>--Greg
