Bopup Messenger

This clear, easy to use and light-weight IM client offers a set of corporate features. Based on a client/server architecture the messenger is fully managed from server-side software which provides IM logging, user grouping, offline messaging.

Pros: Bopup Messenger is a secure instant messenger designed to communicate over LAN and enterprise-size networks. This clear, easy to use and light-weight IM client offers corporate features and answers many business needs.

Users can easily connect to others from different locations of the organizations to a common IM workspace and allows users the facility of instant message on urgent issues with full formatting, text fonts, color and emoticons. Contact lists can be organized to be accessible from anywhere on the corporate network and communicate with people who are online at a given moment.

The messenger encrypts messages with strong algorithms and thus the messages exchanged are quite safe even over the Internet. Messages are delivered even if the recipient is offline at the time of sending them. Server stores them and delivers when the user is ready. The application is simple to use and does not require any learning or previous experience to start using it. Notifications pop up and lets users to join in, in a few clicks. The messenger architecture allows even multiple users operating from the same machine even. The centralized architecture makes some administrative options attractive for organizations. The central server can record all conversations and log user activities both of which are fully searchable and can be printed out. That includes reporting functions as well. Managing messaging groups and permissions related to sending and receiving messages and ability to view others are included. User accounts can be imported from active directories.

Cons: No problems found.

Overall an easy to use and learn application, useful in business context too. Overall the application is of 4 stars level.

Bopup Messenger is a business messenger that helps offices and organizations in any sphere to organize and improve their IM and real-time communications over LANs, WANs and large networks including connections over Internet. It requires an IM server and provides encryption of personal instant messages and group file transfers. That makes private conversations and user collaboration more safe and secure.
The messenger offers a great functionality on sending and receiving instant messages with formatting font and color, insertion of URLs, links and emotions (smileys) into the text of messages. Since the communication is organized via a central IM server an offline messaging and document exchange are provided. Bopup Messenger sends messages and files even a recipient is not available and receives stored offline data from the communications server. New versions are automatically downloaded and installed from the instant messaging server so there are no needs to handle installations and deploy updates manually on user workstations. This IM client has a built-in branding support that shows a company logo uploaded on the server in the messenger interface.
Since Bopup Messenger is intended for use in organizations and business environments it offers various authentication methods to secure connections and to login to the IM network. For small LANs the Simple or Login/Password authorization can be chosen but for large networks based on a Windows Domain architecture the Windows Authentication mode is more preferred. The messenger also supports Terminal Server and Citrix so multiple instances can be run on the same server/computer.
Many options allow to tune and set up the program for the best way. Bopup Messenger can be also distributed and installed with a set of pre-defined or non-modified settings. MSI installation package for deployment via GPO (Active Directory) is also available for download.