IM locally on LAN

[Dave]

Anything I need to do to get IM working for Internal LAN
users only, I am firewalled and the IM client seems to
want to connect to the Internet/.NET.
Do I need to set up an IM server if I only want internal
users to communicate with each other on the same LAN?
Thank You in advance,
Dave...

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Dave,

You can only use Windows Messenger locally if you have a SIP-based Communications Service
setup, or an IM Server (part of Exchange 2000 server).
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Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> Anything I need to do to get IM working for Internal LAN
> users only, I am firewalled and the IM client seems to
> want to connect to the Internet/.NET.
> Do I need to set up an IM server if I only want internal
> users to communicate with each other on the same LAN?
> Thank You in advance,
> Dave...