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| Buddy Space 2.1.1 | |
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| Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/buddy_space/ | |
Buddy Space introduces geographical elements like maps into your chat sessions so you can tell where people in your company are physically situated.
Produced by Knowledge Media Institute at The Open University, UK (OU/KMi).
URL: http://kmi.open.ac.uk/projects/buddyspace/
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| Buddy Vision 1.5 | |
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W9x/Me/2000/XP |
| Freeware | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/buddy_vision/ | |
Add video to your AIM session. All of BuddyVision's features are free, but at the end of the trial period, although VIM (still images in text chat), V-Mail and Buddy Icons will remain fully functional, further VideoChat use will require registration.
Requires MS Internet Explorer 5 or later, and works with AIM 4.3+ or Net Messenger 4+.
URL: www.buddyvision.com
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| Eudora 5.2.1 | |
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W9x/Me/2000/NT4/XP |
| Free – recently updated | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/eudora/ | |
Eudora is a popular email application that will handle all your email needs. There are numerous bug fixes in this version, as well as several minor enhancements. The manual in PDF format is in the same folder on the CD.
Eudora has three licensing options: Light mode, Sponsored mode andáPaid mode. This single download can be set up in any one of these modes.
If you access multiple email accounts on multiple PCs and want a highly adaptable interface, Eudora's your thing.
The program manual is included on the CD (in the folder as above) in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.
In Light mode, Eudora has many fewer features, but is free of charge and without ads.
In Sponsored mode, Eudora displays ads. It's fairly discreet and means you get the full power of Eudora for free. After a trial period, Eudora will ask you to profile yourself to continue to use the full free version, enabling it to display ads more relevant to your interests.
In Paid mode, Eudora does not display ads and you get the full power of Eudora, but you do have to pay.
URL: www.eudora.com
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| Eureka Email 2 | |
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W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP |
| 30-day trial version | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/eureka/ | |
URL: www.eureka-email.com
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| Foxmail 4.1 | |
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| Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/foxmail/ | |
Find out why Foxmail is China's most popular email client. It's compact, powerful and compatible with Hotmail.
URL: http://fox.foxmail.com.cn/english.htm
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| Geeklog 1.3.7sr2 | |
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| Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/geeklog/ | |
This is a weblog service for geeks that runs on many different systems. Runs on PHP and MySQL. To set up, copy the folder as above to your hard drive, unpack the archive file geeklog137sr2_tar.gz (using Winzip or similar), and read the documentation.
URL: www.geeklog.net
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| Greymatter 1.21d | |
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| Free Open Source | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/greymatter/ | |
Opensource weblogging tool that runs on your own server for your own peace of mind. You will need a Web account that offers full support for Perl 5. Read the installation page for instructions on setting up Greymatter.
URL: www.noahgrey.com/greysoft
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| ICQ 2003a Beta Build #3800 | |
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W9x/ME/2000/NT/XP |
| Free – latest version | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/icq/ | |
ICQ ('I seek you') is a popular instant-messaging program that lets you communicate with friends and colleagues in real time. To seek out a friend on the ICQ network, simply enter his or her ICQ number, name, nickname, or email address. Once your contact list is set up, you'll be notified when your friends are online so that you can chat, send instant messages or files, play games and more.
Note: you will need to be online when installing in order to register on the network.
URL: www.icq.com
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| ICQ Lite Build #1150 | |
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W9x/ME/2000/NT/XP |
| Free û updated version | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/icq/ | |
ICQ ('I seek you') is a popular instant-messaging program that lets you communicate with friends and colleagues in real time. This 'Lite' version comes due to popular demand for a more simple messaging experience. The program starts more quickly, using fewer resources, and incorporates only the features in greatest demand (though the program is growing as more Pro features creep in).
Note: you will need to be online when installing in order to register on the network.
URL: www.icq.com
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| IncrediMail Xe build 1155 | |
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W98/ME/NT/2000/XP |
| Free û latest update | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/incredimail/ | |
IncrediMail is a graphical, full-featured email program that provides a rich interactive experience. If you want more fun with email, try this.
This update fixes various bugs. Requires MS Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher.
URL: www.incredimail.com
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| MailWasher 2.0.40 | |
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W9x/Me/NT4/2000/XP |
| Free – latest version | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/mailwasher/ | |
MailWasher is another tool in the ongoing fight against spam (junk email). It can let you see email on the server before downloading and so delete unwanted messages (this facility will already be available to many of you via your ISP), but of more interest is its ability to bounce unwanted email back to the senders, making them think you (or your email address) no longer exist. Sounds great!
URL: www.mailwasher.net
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| MIRC 6.03 | |
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| Shareware | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/mirc/ | |
Delve into the hyperactive world of Internet Relay Chat, the Internet's equivalent to CB radio. IRC has been around for more than a decade and this client will let you connect to literally thousands of servers and unlimited chat channels.
URL: www.mirc.com
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| PDFmail | |
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W9x/Me/2000/NT4/XP |
| Trial version | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/pdf_mail/ | |
If you want to send some specially formatted email, use PDFmail to send it in Adobe's PDF format.
URL: www.pdfmail.com/index_GB.htm
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| Pegasus Mail 4.11 | |
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W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP |
| Free – new version | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/pegasus/ | |
Pegasus Mail is a popular but underrated email client for beginners and professionals alike. It runs on single Windows computers or on LANs. This is a major update – please see the Web site for details of what's new.
URL: www.pmail.com
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| phpBB 2.0.4 | |
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| Free Open Source | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/phpbb/ | |
Installation: Copy the phpBB folder as above to your hard drive, extract the phpBB_204.zip archive, then please read the installation instructions in the DOCS folder.
phpBB is a highly popular open source bulletin board system.
phpBB offers complete customisation through a powerful template system, full text based searching to reduce server load, an advanced permissions system, powerful modularised administration controls, support for multiple databases, enhanced moderator functions and much more.
Based on the powerful PHP server language and your choice of MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC database servers, phpBB is the ideal free community solution for all Web sites. Requires an SQL database system and PHP software (see MySQL and PHP, both on this CD).
URL: www.phpbb.com
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| PP Mailcheck 1.7 | |
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W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP |
| Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/pp_mailcheck/ | |
Ditch unwanted emails quickly and filter spam.
URL: http://www.ppsoft.dk/Mailcheck_eng.htm
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| Sam Spade 1.14 | |
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W9x/2000/NT4 |
| Freeware | |
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/sam_spade/ | |
Sam Spade incorporates all sorts of network query tools, such as ping, nslookup, whois, traceroute, finger, abuse.net query, etc. There are also various Web browsing tools, such as search and copy to disk.
URL: www.samspade.org
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| Smart Butler 1.14 | |
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|
| 21-day trial | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/smart_butler/ | |
Too lazy to read your incoming instant messages? Customize a voice for each of your friends, and the multi-lingual Smart Butler will let you know what they have to say. Supports ICQ, MSN, AIM and Yahoo!.
URL: www.smart-butler.com
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| Trillian 0.74d | |
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W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP |
| Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/trillian/ | |
Trillian lets you connect and chat over multiple networks like Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, ICQ, mIRC and AIM. Free for non-commercial use.
URL: www.trillian.cc
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| Yahoo! Messenger 5.5 | |
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| Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/yahoo_messenger/ | |
Try this user-friendly instant messaging client.
URL: http://uk.yahoo.com
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| Yet Another Mail Client 0.9.7.43 | |
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|
| Freeware | |
Location on CD: software/windows/messages/yamc/ | |
YAMC is tiny. Apart from sending and receiving mail, check out the Web search and to-do lists.
URL: www.borg-kindberg.ac.at/yamc
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| Buddy Space 2.1.1 | |
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OS X |
| Free | |
Location on CD: software/mac/messages/buddy_space/ | |
Buddy Space introduces geographical elements like maps into your chat sessions so you can tell where people in your company are physically situated.
Produced by Knowledge Media Institute at The Open University, UK (OU/KMi).
URL: http://kmi.open.ac.uk/projects/buddyspace/
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| Eudora 5.2.1 | |
|
OS X |
| Free – recently updated | |
Location on CD: software/mac/messages/eudora/ | |
Eudora is a popular email application that will handle all your email needs. There are numerous bug fixes in this version, as well as several minor enhancements. The manual in PDF format is in the same folder on the CD.
Eudora has three licensing options: Light mode, Sponsored mode andáPaid mode. This single download can be set up in any one of these modes.
If you access multiple email accounts on multiple PCs and want a highly adaptable interface, Eudora's your thing.
The program manual is included on the CD (in the folder as above) in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.
In Light mode, Eudora has many fewer features, but is free of charge and without ads.
In Sponsored mode, Eudora displays ads. It's fairly discreet and means you get the full power of Eudora for free. After a trial period, Eudora will ask you to profile yourself to continue to use the full free version, enabling it to display ads more relevant to your interests.
In Paid mode, Eudora does not display ads and you get the full power of Eudora, but you do have to pay.
URL: www.eudora.com
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| Ircle 3.1f1 | |
|
PPC |
| Shareware û 30-day trial | |
Location on CD: software/mac/messages/ircle/ | |
This is probably the most popular IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client for Macs.
URL: www.ircle.com
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| Ircle 3.1f1 OS X | |
|
OS X 10.1+ |
| Shareware û 30-day trial | |
Location on CD: software/mac/messages/ircle/ | |
This is probably the most popular IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client for Macs.
URL: www.ircle.com