Alex, Thanks! That gives me a great start. I may be asking a dumb question (but there are no dumb questions, right?), but the IM service is independent of the ISP? In other words, I could choose AIM even though I am not (shutter!) an AOL subscriber?
Any favorite services or services to avoid? Just looking for a cheap way to communicate without astronomical phone bills. Thanks, again, Jim Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Davidson > > The big names: > http://www.aim.com is AOL Instant Messenger. > http://www.google.com/talk/ is Google Talk > http://join.msn.com/messenger/overview is MSN Messenger > http://www.icq.com/ is ICQ > http://messenger.yahoo.com/ is Yahoo Messenger > > Did I miss any? > > You can sign up for an account at any of those sites I believe (or > maybe even from within Trillian) and continue using Trillian for IRC > plus chat. > If she only uses one chat service it may be overkill to use Trillian. > > The question really is which one to choose and that probably comes > down to what all of her friends and family use which brings us back to > Trillian. That would allow her to chat on all mediums in one > interface. > > On 5/4/06, James Maki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My daughter is heading off to college next fall and I have > a question about > > Instant Messenger. I have no experience with the > software/services, etc. I > > have been using Trilliam for IRC and understand it has an > IM capability. I > > have comcast cable broadband and she will be connected to the school > > network. What would we need to be able to IM each other? TIA. > > > > Jim Maki > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
