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I've never worked with a client/server application before and
even though I've been reading docs for the past 1 1/2 days,
there's so much to weed through that I'd like someone to point
me in the right direction (please).

Currently, the only requirements for the server are tracking
users as they log on and off and sending and receiving messages
to the clients. Also, the client could be on a a non-networked
system.

What's the 'best' (perhaps fastest/easiest) way to meet minimum
requirements?

In the future, some processing may be moved to the server which
would involve client data manipulation and fetching and saving
data to and from disk.

Same question: What's the best/fastest/easiest way?
How would this solution impact on the choice of the first?

There has also been discussion of incorporating dialup and/or
internet access in the future. Recommendations?

I also don't understand how the server gets started on the
server. Would an install package take care of that or what?

~ JD