RE: IBM Community Tools

Anne -

I downloaded the 25MB app and installed it.  No problem, although 25MB
seems a tad large.  Run it and it wants to use IP port 1506 .. Which is
not open in our firewall.  Strike 1.

OK, I'll check the settings to see how to change it to use HTTP or
something we do allow.  Other than a proxy server config section, I
don't see an area to change it to use the HTTP port (or any other port
that is commonly open).  We don't use a proxy server.  Strike 2.

Hit the ICT page and go to support thinking maybe there's something in a
FAQ to help.  You have to log in to the support page.  Annoying.  So I
log in only to find that the entire support 'site' is nothing but a link
to a news group.  Strike 3, especially annoying since you have to log in
just to get a button to push to go to a newsgroup.

We don't allow newsgroup through our firewall either.  So I can't even
post my connection problem to the newsgroup.  Strike 4.

Four strikes and you're out.

Oh, actually there's a strike 5: A 26MB RAM footprint?  That's more than
MS Outlook!

Anne, please ask the developers to address the above issues.  As
pessimistic as I sound above, I do want to use the tool.  But it has to
be able to talk through our firewall, which (as is the case in most
companies) only allows the minimum in terms of open IP ports.  And if
support has to be via newsgroup, please provide at least a basic web
front-end for those whose companies do not allow newsgroup access.

- John

-----Original Message-----
From: Anne Lucas [mailto:alucas@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 12:24 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: IBM Community Tools

Just reminding you to use your iSeries Nation's ID and password and
start using this really cool tool called "IBM Community Tools"

IBM Community Tools is a dynamic messaging client that combines the
highly-scalable one-to-many broadcast messaging technology in IBM MQ
Event Broker with the leading enterprise instant messaging capabilities
of IBM Lotus Sametime, with Web services running on WebSphere
Application Server and DB2.  IBM is extending these new internet
technologies directly to iSeries Nation citizens and will provide an
opportunity for iSeries Nation citizens to experience first hand the
power of virtual teaming and collaboration technologies.  IBM Community
Tools promotes knowledge sharing environment, and brings various virtual
communities together in order to harvest its most valuable resources in
the form of informal electronic broadcasts and messages.

You can access this tool via the iSeries Nation's home page; right nav
bar: "Attention Citizens: are you plugged in?"
       http://www.ibm.com/eserver/nation1

It's fun!


************
Have a great day! and .... Enthusiasm is like a ripple in the water...
It spreads!

Anne C. Lucas, Project Exec, iSeries Customer Relationships,  IBM
Systems
Group,  iSeries Marketing    alucas@xxxxxxxxxx
iSeries Nation web site:  http://www.ibm.com/eserver/nation1  Chatting
with
Citizens: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/nation/chate1

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