WinMessenger

Are you tired of the old and boring WinPopup that you have to use as your LAN chat client because you know no better? The utility is just too basic to speak well about it: ugly looks, no history, plain black text only. Luckily, you can now try WinMessenger that is a much more advanced chat client.
WinMessenger is a powerful substitution for WinPopup in Windows 9.x/Me and Messenger service in Windows NT/2000/XP. It boasts a number of useful features: history of last 100 messages, manual deletion of messages from history and restoring them back during the working session, AutoComplete that stores up to 50 user and group names, saving the current message as a plain text file and more. The program allows you to insert smileys (emoticons) in your messages and quote the message you reply to in different color.
The new version distinguishes between read and unread messages - read being the ones that you looked at for more than 5 seconds. The number of unread messages is now showed in the tray icon. Try this chat client today and check it out yourself.

WinMessenger is an easy to use program that allows you to send and receive messages from computer to computer in real-time without using dedicated servers.
It works over any network protocol (TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, etc.), it is easy to deploy and it does not require computer knowledge or special configuration. Simply put, it is standard WinPopup without the blemishes. WinMessenger offers complete implementation of the SMB protocol, so with it you can do everything you can with WinPopup. For example, you can send a message to a Novell user, receive messages from Linux systems, send and receive messages to/from Windows NT servers and so on. WinMessenger works exceptionally well under all existing implementations of Windows without any updates or upgrades required - from the original release of Win95 to the latest WinXP. The program can be used on Windows Server or Advanced Server with Terminal Service enabled.