Communicate with other members.

So what is all this about?

Well, for a year or so now a few of us have been utilising MSN Instant Messenger. It is a small application that runs in your system tray of your computer. You need to sign into the service either using your existing email address or using a hotmail account - you can set one of these up for free in about a minute and a half.

Once you have the software downloaded and you are signed in you can add a list of contacts to your address book. When any of your contacts are online you will be able to chat to them in real time (as opposed to old fashioned email).

You can chat in a group with up to five people at once and send each other files.

If you have a sound card and microphone you can have voice conversations and even video conference using web cams.

To learn more about it from Microsoft click here.

To download it click here.

To sign up for a free hotmail account click here.

If you want any further help the please contact Dan Everton (AIM Internet) - 0121 6988519 or email dan@aim-internet.com

Once you have installed it on your machine you can add the following contacts to your list.

AIM Internet:
Mike Raybone = mikeraybone@hotmail.com
Dan Everton = aiminternet@hotmail.com

We will update this list when more members sign up to the free service.

Of course you can add your colleagues, friends and family to the list too.