Re: GZG-ICQ online chat

Allan spake thusly upon matters weighty: 
> Well, I've been using ICQ for a month now and haven't noticed any
change in
> the volume of spam I receive. Since ICQ doesn't actually check your
e-mail ID
> during registration, putting a bogus e-mail address is simple and
would
> protect you. In fact, an e-mail address I THINK is optional. The
easiest thing
> to do is to grab a free account (Hotmail or something), put that into
ICQ and
> then just let the account expire. 

Good advice. 
 
> Yes, this is off topic, except that we're considering a GZG ICQ chat
and
> discussion of ICQ in this context is probably on topic. Anyone needing
> information about ICQ, please e-mail me.

Allow me to question what we get out of ICQ as a chat mechanism 
(since chats would be scheduled?) that we don't get from IRC? IRC 
seems a more standard (okay maybe I'm dated) mechanism.  

Would firewalls block ICQ that would not block IRC? 

Tom.  
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