I love this utility - after checking out both scripts, I believe I prefer ZZamboni's implementation because it was trivial to add a line to handle a firewall.

Very nice job!

Postscript: it would be nice to throw in a little Tk so I don't have to devote an entire terminal...but maybe that would have dangerous implications...the chatterbox is already just AOL Instant Messager with a funny penguin hat.

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