From: "Glenn Meadows" 

If you use Trillian, there is no AOL/AIM software on the computer, and no
advertising blinking, either.  You can have all 4 chat networks, and IRC in
one client instead of 4 (5) separate programs.

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Glenn M.
"Gary Britt"  wrote in
message news:4655b8f7{at}w3.nls.net...
> Isn't AIM AOL??  I am deathly afraid of letting AOL software anywhere near
> my computer??  On a related note, what program/service do you guys use for
> video chat between two people (one that doesn't load a bunch of crap that
> fowls or slows down your computer)???
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary
>
> Geo. wrote:
>> Have the consultants get an ICQ or AIM account and run trillian, you just
>> drag the file to a buddy's name and drop it and it gets sent directly to
>> them, you can even set it to autoreceive so it's real convenient even if
>> you aren't around when they send it.
>>
>> Email is a horrible way to transmit files, ftp or IM are the way to go.
>>
>> Geo.
>>
>> "Richard B."  wrote in message
>> news:blk853l0kahenp6phpe8enoeql34lk2tgd{at}4ax.com...
>>> We have consultants, some are much smaller firms, who use various ISPs
>>> to send email, like through Comcast.  I have a Comcast account that I
>>> use for testing on occasion if I suspect a mail problem.
>>>
>>> Comcast has a 10 MB attachment file size limitation.  I find if I send
>>> a 10.1 MB attachment,  Comcast rejects it and reports the size as
>>> 13.41 MB.  I had to send a 7.3MB file in order to have it sent through
>>> Comcast, who reported the sent file as 9.85 MB.
>>>
>>> Are they really saying that the transmitted file size is this large or
>>> is something else going on?
>>>
>>> I get lusers calling me day after day complaining so-and-so had their
>>> email rejected because of file size limitations.  I can't get them to
>>> send me header info because they have no idea what I'm talking about,
>>> some can't even zip a file.  Jeese I wanna live in the box under the
>>> bridge today!
>>>
>>> Before you say "ftp" that is out of my hands, they
are looking into
>>> doing this elsewhere.  FTP will come later, right now I have to deal
>>> with this particular hand I've been dealt.
>>>
>>> - Richard 
>>

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