Talk daemon?

I'm trying to get the talk daemon to work... Got a few users login from remote and I'd like to be able to communicate to the them when needed. I get a "checking for invitation" message and it just stalls... Any thoughts? Ambrosius -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Harold aka "Ambrosius" Email: ambrosius@mailandnews.com (L)ICQ Number: 117212600 Distro: SuSE Linux 7.1 Pro Registered Linux User: 216397 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~