IT Dept Blocking Instant Messaging? Use Meebo!

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My office just started blocking MSN messenger recently, so I’m currently using web-based Meebo as a work around. It’s simple, very functional, and of course — free!

Features which I love include:

  • Integration of MSN, Yahoo, Gtalk, ICQ, AIM services all in one — all with a single sign on for ease of use. It’s something like Trillian or Gaim… but based completely online.
  • Option to keeps logs of conversations (stored online)
  • Supports offline messaging where available on original service
  • Ability to participate in group chats

From what I’ve seen so far, Meebo seems to have a solid team behind it, and new features seem to roll out on a regular basis, so it seems to me like the perfect MSN Messenger replacement.

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24 Comments For This Post

  1. Planet Malaysia Says:
    July 20th, 2006 at 2:05 am

    Do you know they can block meebo web site as well? hehehehhehe

  2. James Yeang Says:
    July 20th, 2006 at 8:07 am

    Fortunately, they’re not that savvy… yet :)

  3. synergy Says:
    July 20th, 2006 at 8:43 am

    Cool! I’ve been having problems with Web Messenger lately. Thanks for the tip.

  4. James Yeang Says:
    July 20th, 2006 at 10:07 am

    Here’s a useful tip about Meebo’s group chat sent to me by email…

    “If a meebo user initiates a group chat, those invited can read everything the inviter writes, but can’t read each other’s messages.

    It will only work properly if it is yahoo user that initiate the group chat. That was 2 weeks ago. Not sure if that bug was fixed now…”

  5. HuiChuan Says:
    July 20th, 2006 at 1:22 pm

    Yo there! yes, this is a cool alternative! Less distractive than msn too…btw, is icq dead? No one seems to be on my icq which i’d just signed in after…5 years? lol!

  6. James Yeang Says:
    July 20th, 2006 at 2:40 pm

    I still have some old friends on ICQ, which I lost once I moved over to MSN… Handy for keeping in touch with them — if only to ask for their MSN ID!

  7. sam Says:
    July 21st, 2006 at 12:09 am

    even if your work blocks meebo, you can get around it by using the meebo repeater

    http://blog.meebo.com/?page_id=140

  8. James Yeang Says:
    July 21st, 2006 at 9:23 am

    Thanks for the tip Sam!

  9. haha Says:
    August 14th, 2006 at 8:53 pm

    arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr mannnn!!!!!!!!!!

  10. amanda Says:
    October 13th, 2006 at 2:07 am

    check out http://www.koolim.com

  11. James Yeang Says:
    October 13th, 2006 at 7:19 am

    Thanks Amanda, KoolIM is still in Alpha stage but looks good…

  12. Justin Says:
    October 16th, 2006 at 2:03 pm

    i like koolim also, needs work.

  13. James Yeang Says:
    October 16th, 2006 at 2:10 pm

    Yup, agree. KoolIM is still in Alpha stage of development.

  14. Dave Says:
    October 21st, 2006 at 4:54 pm

    I agree also, koolim is very nice, needs some work.

  15. fake Says:
    October 23rd, 2006 at 9:09 pm

    Hey meebo and koolim both are blocked, can I have some other site through which I can access the messangers

  16. James Yeang Says:
    October 25th, 2006 at 4:14 pm

    Fake: You might want to try
    ebuddy.com

  17. Sandy Isa Ho Says:
    January 30th, 2007 at 3:36 pm

    How to block Meebo

  18. James Yeang Says:
    January 30th, 2007 at 7:17 pm

    Sandy – but why? ;)

  19. fake Says:
    January 17th, 2008 at 5:00 am

    is there any other websites that have aim on them… they have been blocked

  20. Samanta Says:
    March 19th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    Meebo is probably a most popular web messenger in the schools and colleges for USA/Canada, but because it’s so popular it gets blocked unlike any other. There are many other web messengers, but the closest for meebo fans is ILoveIM.com web messenger (http://www.iloveim.com). It comes with some ads on a screen which is a little worse then meebo, but it’s a very stable and solid application being around for like 4-5 years.

  21. Hayley Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 10:18 pm

    Eyhup Everyone Does Any Ov You No How To Get On bebo Cause am at skool and they block all the websites G…u…t…t…e…r…d Lol

  22. Hayley Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    Lol And Msn

  23. WeBuzz Says:
    October 29th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    FYI: http://webuzz.im/ is another web IM messenger

  24. jodete Says:
    November 13th, 2009 at 1:25 am

    To block Ocial Networks: facebook; im’s:ebuddy, & more, see:

    http://www.todeto.net/manuales-tutoriales/2861-cbt-nuggets-pmp-certification-series-rs-hf.html

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