Re: Broadcast IM

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From: Bob Christian (BobChristian_at_removethis.gmail.com)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 19:24:29 -0500

Thanks for understanding.
"cblack" <cblack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0FD67516-1307-4EBD-BE84-7FE7D8543882@microsoft.com...
> I can respect that, thank you for your input.
>
> "Bob Christian" wrote:
>
> > There used to be 2 applications that would allow you to do this, but the
> > company that made it has since removed the product from the market.
Chances
> > are that it was being used for illegal spamming. Either that or another
> > company acquired the rights.
> >
> > The only other thing that you can do is "Invite someone to this
> > conversation". You can invite, I think, up to 32 people. Once they
have
> > been added you can broadcast the message. The only downside is that
they
> > are then in a conversation. Thus, it is not a true "broadcast".
> >
> > Granted, you may be able to find a broadcast application, similar to
those
> > @--hats who have invented/used SPIM (spam over Instant Message), but I
am
> > not going to mention those here. Driving business to those companies or
> > even mentioning their name so their links go up in the search engines is
> > against personal belief. Sorry...
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > "cblack" <cblack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:B5557D41-DCCF-44E2-BAEF-3B32F6DDA252@microsoft.com...
> > > Is it possable to broadcast an Instant Message to multiple contacts at
the
> > > same time?
> >
> >
> >

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