A client recently asked if I could hook them up with some type of instant messaging solution. Since they have no internet connectivity, I started researching something that could be installed on their existing (Debian 3.1) file server. I initially found Jabber, but after reading the install instructions I realized it would take some fair amount of research/configuration/testing, since I would have to install a bunch of separate compnonets, including some type of sql server. Having never really ventured into the sql area, i was a bit discouraged at the apparent amount of time and testing this might take. On a lark, I tried "apt-get install jabber", and lo and behold, it was installed in no time at all. After simple configuration and quick client installs (gabber on my laptop, exodus on the windoze box), I was up and running in less than 30 minutes, start to finish. The client is very happy with it's performance and functionality, and especially the price, free! Just wondering what other solutions people have tried out there...