PChat is an IRC client forked from XChat with a customizable, tabbed or tree interface, SSL support, DCC transfers and chats, CTCP, and multiple normal or SSL servers. PChat Portable is the portable version released by the developer. Includes a variety of scripting add-ons via the website including Lua, Perl, Python, and TCL. Also available for Linux.
Warning: development of this program appears to have stalled and the software may be subject to security vulnerabilities.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Partial. PChat supports Unicode within the app itself but it can not be installed to a path containing certain Unicode characters. |
Path portability: | Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PChatPortable.exe. |
Latest comments |
Kermode
on 2010-06-23 22:44
Crashes a lot, and pieces of windows get "left behind" over the interface, like the chat text and then slowly scrolls out of view. Very bad.
Asterisk
on 2010-06-24 16:23
This is 37mb for two reasons: a) it is a GTK app and includes the full GTK runtimes in the package, and B) it contains full localization for dozens of languages.
TAIMAT
on 2011-04-17 06:46
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if u can bear with screen flickering & some slow responses .. u've find the best free irc client (DCC+1) @least in my opinion |
Mozilla Thunderbird is a skinnable, feature-rich email, calendar, task and instant messaging client with support for plugins and many protocols. It comes with advanced search tools, message filtering, Bayesian spam detector, built-in spell checker, mailbox compression and many more. Program features can be extended with add-ons, including a specialized version of email encryption tool GPG.
Email protocols include SMTP, POP3, IMAP (including uploads, albeit a date issue), NNTP and RSS and chat support for IRC, Twitter, XMPP, Google Talk, and Matrix. Also supports OAuth for use with accounts that require it instead of a password.
Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition is a special build licensed by Mozilla. Alternatively, X-Thunderbird is also available. For XP/Vista, version 52.9.1 is available here.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes. Note that available add-ons may or may not break stealth status, writing to AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Launcher: GPL, Thunderbird: MPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ThunderbirdPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | i.Scribe, Sylpheed |
What's new? | See: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/releases/ |
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i_messed_up
on 2020-05-22 15:13
I've noticed a folder in AppData/Roaming/Thunderbird/Crash Reports containing a file "InstallTime20191031083309" and an empty folder "events."
i_messed_up
on 2020-05-30 22:26
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Also found this key in the registry: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thunderbird\Crash Reporter |
PortableApps.com AppCompactor allows you to compress whole directories including applications, file libraries and zip files. The program is a powerful compression tool that unites 7-Zip and UPX inside a user-friendly wizard. For applications, this saves disk space and increases performance when running from a slow media (like flash drives). For archives, this will recompress DLL, EXE, ZIP, JAR, IRC, PYD and BIN files to their maximum compression settings, as well as an option to decompress an app's binary files that were previously compressed with UPX.
All files are tested using UPX's test feature after compressing. Files smaller than 4K are automatically skipped as compressing will not save space on the drive. The standard Microsoft Visual C runtimes are skipped to prevent antivirus false-positives. Advanced configuration can be done with apps in PortableApps.com Format.
Note: As UPX will alter the EXEs and DLLs (reversible using the Decompress option in the AppCompactor) and some apps may have issues with Zip or Jar files compressed further, users should backup software and test it after processing.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PortableApps.comAppCompactor.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ArcThemAll |
What's new? | See: https://portableapps.com/news/2024-05-15--portableapps.com-appcompator-3.7.4-released |
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webfork
on 2010-09-15 20:07
tommyD: Disadvantages are that it breaks some programs, and it may be slightly more CPU-intensive to decompress libraries and executables on the fly.
double0
on 2011-04-13 05:31
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I agree with wf; where is operaportable? |
KVIrc (K Visual IRC) is a customizable Internet Relay Chat client allowing multiple server connections, notify and ignore lists, mIRC font codes, themes, and more. The program supports standard + extended direct connect connections (with resume), IPv6, SOCKv4, SOCKSv5, and HTTP proxies. It also comes with a sophisticated scripting language that allows you to implement automated reactions to network events.
The program is cross-platform with clients available for Mac, BSD and Linux. KVIrc Portable is a portable wrapper for KVIrc. Alternatively, you can make standard KVIrc portable by following these instructions.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the portable installer and install to a folder of your choice. Launch KVIrcPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | AdiIRC, Pidgin |
What's new? | See: https://www.kvirc.net/?id=news&dir=latest |
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Stable Release is GOOO
on 2008-04-30 18:43
There is a new stable release, ver 3.4
Carbonize
on 2008-06-13 03:02
In latest version the folder is called $[31] and not $_OUTDIR other than that the instructions are the same.
century
on 2012-04-09 11:07
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i've tried many portable irc clients, this one is far the best |
Miranda NG is a multi-protocol instant messaging client supporting most common protocols by default including Facebook, IRC, Jabber XMPP, MinecraftDynmap, Omegle, Sametime, SkypeWeb, Steam, Tox, Twitter, and more. Additional protocols are also available, as well as plugins and languages via "Main menu > Available Components list" (see online list).
Note: The program started as a code fork of Miranda IM. Though the latter is no longer maintained, a FAQ about the original differences is available, alongside a migration guide.
Alternatively, Miranda NG Portable is also available.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Miranda IM, Pidgin |
What's new? |
See: https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Changelog |
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webfork
on 2014-01-05 02:55
smaragdus: My understanding is that they include all the popular plugins inside the distro. This is because plugin fragmentation and version issues were part of the reason for the Miranda NG code fork.
maxi
on 2015-04-20 21:36
new skype support in developer version. skypeweb plugin found on there board
webfork
on 2016-02-16 02:52
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I really didn't like not being able to hit "enter" and have the message send. You can configure this behavior under options - Message sessions - General tab - Sending messages - checkbox "Send message on 'Enter'" |
Pidgin Portable is a Pidgin version made by PortableApps.com. Pidgin is an easy-to-use multi-protocol instant messaging client with a tabbed interface, customizable sounds, themes and more. Supports a long list of networks including Jabber/XMPP, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, MicroFocus GroupWise Messenger, SILC, and more. It also includes support for many features such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, emoticons and typing notifications.
Plugins are also available to add more features including more networks, security, interface tweaks, and more. Themes are available via an additional download.
Pidgin is cross-platform with clients available for Mac OS and Linux; it supports 80+ world languages.
Other portable versions (note that these are oudated and may not function):
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PidginPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | MirdandaNG, InstantBird |
What's new? | See:https://keep.imfreedom.org/pidgin/pidgin/file/release-2.x.y/ChangeLog. |
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smaragdus
on 2016-01-04 20:52
I usually never complain when there is a way to make a program portable but I have just wasted about half an hour updating (copying, moving, deleting, renaming) the native compressed version of Pidgin. And I forgot that the working Facebook plug-in was not included in the package and had to download it separately (but before that I deleted the "unknown" Facebook profile). Why do the developers still keep the no longer working Facebook-XMPP plug-in and do not adopt the working Facebook Chat (purple-facebook) plug-in is a mystery to me. Pidgin developers offer an offline installer (containing GTK+) and GTK+ for Windows yet they do not intend to provide a compressed portable-ready version for Windows. Updating Pidgin is a pain, as it is a pain to make it portable on first run.
MIKLO
on 2016-06-30 14:41
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WOW I find this really interesting that this software has been being downloaded or at least talked about for 9 years. Some of the first comments talk about this being worthless and a waste of time cuz Pidgin already has a Portable version. There is also talk about Haller wasting his time doing this... hmmm so what am I doing here also wasting my time? lol Anyway in my opinion any and all discussion even on so called "worthless" builds serve a purpose. If nothing else I get a link in my email letting me know that there is something I can go see and waste my time on some "worthless" and not needed software. Aint life great? |
SeaMonkey is a complete internet suite with web browser, email & newsgroup client with an included web feed reader, easy HTML editor, IRC chat and web development tools. The browser supports fine-grained controls over images, cookies and more on a per-site basis. Based on Netscape Communicator and then Mozilla Suite, this software bundle includes many technologies used in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird and supports many of their add-ons.
SeaMonkey, Portable Edition is a version of the software from PortableApps.com and works automatically with web-based Java apps if their jPortable tool is present.
For those using Windows XP and Vista, the last supported version was 2.49.5.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SeaMonkeyPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Mozilla Firefox, Pale Moon Portable, Opera |
What's new? |
See: https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.53.14/ |
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Midas
on 2020-10-21 14:38
For details on why Seamonkey Portable isn't being updated, please see https://portableapps.com/node/60496.
loin2kolpotoru
on 2021-01-30 07:56
Entry should be updated Seamonkey is no longer compatible with XP
freakazoid
on 2021-01-30 13:14
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@loin2kolpotoru I've updated the compatibility field and added a note about last supported XP/Vista version. |
AdiIRC is an IRC client with multi-server support and a customizable interface. It offers all the standard IRC features including private chats, basic Identd features, system informations, SSL, IPv6, chat logging and DCC Chat/Transfers.
It also offers now playing support for various media players, advanced scripting, themes, MTS themes, plugins, and dockable/undockable activity monitors that lets you monitor many channels at once.
Note: Additional Themes and Language files are available from the homepage.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or 4.5+ |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AdiIRC.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | KVIrc Portable, HydraIRC, PChat, HexChat |
What's new? |
See: https://www.adiirc.com/download.php?v=4.2 |
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joby_toss
on 2016-10-05 13:04
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It might be, but I have no idea how it works (always greyed-out)... :) |
HexChat is an easy-to-use and extensible IRC client. The program features both tab and tree style views, color schemes, chat logging, auto replacements and customizable time-saving user commands. Additionally the client supports DCC, SASL, proxies, file transfers, spellcheck, alerts and Python/Perl scripts.
Cross-platform with clients available for Linux and experimental Mac builds.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the installer and during the setup check the "Portable Install" option on the last screen. Launch hexchat.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | AdiIRC, Nettalk |
What's new? |
See: https://hexchat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html |
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Specular
on 2015-10-06 18:57
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Updated the entry to reflect since v2.10.1 support for Vista has been dropped. Check earlier versions if you need Vista support, and v2.9.4 if for some reason you require XP support. |
Miranda IM is an extensible, customizable instant messenger client supporting Facebook, Gadu-Gadu, Jabber, ICQ, IRC, MSN, Yahoo and more. The program can support more protocols via an extended plugin system to include Netsend, IAX, Tlen etc. and an add-on system can add other features such as skins, an RSS feed reader, weather alert, world clock, secure messaging etc.
Note: it is no longer maintained, but its fork Miranda NG can be used instead.
Alternatively, Miranda IM Portable is another portable version.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL v2 |
How to extract: |
Using the installer:
Using the 7zip versions:
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Similar/alternative apps: | Miranda NG, Pidgin |
What's new? |
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billon
on 2017-08-22 16:57
Program is dead, addons' link is dead, forum is dead, wiki is dead, even screenshots' links are dead.
webfork
on 2017-08-24 02:49
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Their site is having some issues. Though I'm only having issues with the addon and wiki site so maybe fixes are underway. |
Nettalk a lightweight, powerful, and easy-to-use IRC client with a tabbed interface. It offers comfortable management of multiple IRC connections, script and plug-in support, on screen displaying of messages (e.g. in games), DCC chat and file transfer, sock proxy support, configurable text and menu shortcuts, configurable colors and background picture and much more.
Supports 7 world languages including Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and German.
Warning: development of this program appears to have stalled and the software may be subject to security vulnerabilities.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Apache License |
How to extract: |
Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | AdiIRC, HexChat |
Version note: This program has not been updated since 2016 and may contain security vulnerabilities. Please see this entry for the latest version of Opera.
Opera (Presto) is a discontinued version of the Opera web browser, meaning feature development and maintenance for this version of Opera has ceased. Compared to the newer version based on Google Chrome, it features a leaner memory footprint, more user-interface customization, an RSS reader, integrated e-mail client, IRC chat, and native BitTorrent support. A variety of extensions are available to further extend functionality.
Alternative Portable versions:
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\Opera Software |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | SeaMonkey Portable, Firefox Portable, Chromium Portable, Google Chrome Portable |
What's new? |
See: http://www.opera.com/blogs/security/2016/02/opera-12-and-opera-mail-security-update/ |
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Specular
on 2016-02-16 07:31
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@billon mmm, it's odd. Just had a pop-up informing of a new version to download which is apparently v12.18 yet no official changelog has been released. |
Instantbird is a simple and easy to use instant messaging client with support all the major networks. The program has a tabbed interface and similar look and feel to Firefox/Thunderbird (uses the Mozilla codebase), and includes support for customization using themes and add-ons.
Available networks include AOL, Yahoo, MSN, Google Talk, Twitter, Facebook, XMPP, IRC, ICQ, and more.
Instantbird Portable is a version in PortableApps.com format.
NOTE: this program hasn't been updated since 2013 and may contain security vulnerabilities.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. In the event of a crash, saves info to AppData |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: |
GPL and Mozilla tri-license (MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1) |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch InstantbirdPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Pidgin |
What's new? |
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webfork
on 2011-11-15 22:30
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Love the simplicity, ease of use, familiar look and feel, but the program doesn't reconnect when there's a connection problem (I have a bad one) so I'm constantly restarting the program. |
MegaIRC is an Internet Relay Chat client that can work in one-windowed mode, putting all private, channel, and system messages in same window. Supports proxy, SSL, and various server encodings.
The program can also work in a debug mode where all server messages will be shown as-is, according to IRC protocol.
Note: Based on user comments and due to a listing by multiple services as malicious, it has been replaced with the Softpedia download.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / Win2K / WinXP / Vista |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? |
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André Felipe
on 2009-01-06 00:34
It doesn't support UTF-8, despite it's "multilingual" inferface (which apparently was created with machine translations).
Emka
on 2011-12-24 19:02
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The website wants you to complete a survey or download games before you can download the application. Very bad style... |
0irc is a lightweight IRC client with chat, dcc, multi-server connections, overview over all channels, simple mdi-interface, and can be used as a desktop module in litestep.
Warning: development of this program appears to have stalled and the software may be subject to security vulnerabilities.
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Runs on: | WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 0irc.exe. |
What's new? |
v1.4.53 - release 9 (2007/4/3) * exe: fixed saving of configuration when quitting with the close button * exe/dll: fixed log command with enabled logging and parameter * exe/dll: fixed /HELP command display - exe: added color subsection [Color] with TextColor/EditColor/FrameColor in ini file + exe/dll: added new handling for colorcodes - exe/dll: serveral internal changes |
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J_D
on 2010-09-22 00:51
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Doesn't even support MOTD |
Dana is a skinnable, single-server IRC client. Very light and "barebones," Dana is great for users that just want to chat on IRC, but will leave more advanced users searching for a more capable client.
Note: Official website has been offline since 2011. Linking to archive.org (thanks lastaltoid).
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | Application Folder |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Dana.exe. |
Latest comments |
Cattleya
on 2011-10-16 19:26
It's safe, but without Unicode support, a chat software almost useless.
lastaltoid
on 2013-07-05 06:36
Web site is gone! Wayback machine's last capture is from December 2011. In view of the above comments regarding should this be removed from the database?
webfork
on 2013-07-09 03:04
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I think the website offline notice will be plenty of warning on it's own. It might be useful for someone that wants a very low resource usage IRC client in a closed network (you never know). |