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MacPopUp 2.5 gets OS X compatibility

updated 02:20 pm EDT, Thu July 5, 2001

 
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MacPopUp 2.5 is the latest release of a cross-platform messaging application that is now compatible with Mac OS X. The new release allows users to utilize LAN messaging and access to the Internet without switching the TCP/IP settings. Classic and Carbon versions are available for download after completing a short survey.


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    All your Apple message boards are belong to me.

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    Cool!

    Great little app! Can't wait to try it!

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    Unbelievable

    I can't believe anyone would pay $20 US for a port of WinPop. Why not just use ICQ or another free, more capable messaging client? It's weird the number of should-be-free little bits of software that Mac developers seem to thing should cost bundles of money.

    There are lots of free clients for this SMB protocol for Unix; shouldn't be hard to make one run under Mac OS X with rootless XFree86.

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    Why I'd use it

    Two reasons why I'd use it.:

    1) It's "client only" -- no need to get a server involved.

    2) It's *not* internet based -- this would only be for connecting to local subnets, etc.


    The reason I haven't bought it? The OSX version seems to want to use SLP for finding the other users of this. My problem is that my building router isn't passing SLP (I think) and I'm limited to seeing what's in my local subnet instead of what's in my building...

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    local-net IM

    Sounds a lot like "zephyr" - we use it where I work. It was around before AIM and ICQ, and isn't a full Internet based service. Unix based; we use Solaris boxes here. See http://web.mit.edu/olh/Zephyr/Zephyr.html for more info.

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