I use Kopete for my messaging needs. MSN, ICQ, Yahoo & Google Talk (jabber) all work nicely with no or minimal configuration required.
GAIM is a good IM program too :) On 9/14/05, Omer Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Amos Shapira and Rami Rosen. > > I use kopete and when I start it up, various Qt related error messages > show up but it seems to work OK. > I ended up createing a new account on MS-Passport and then saw no > failure to connect (but no actual communication with the user in > question either, the user is probably offline at the moment). > > I still have a problem connecting to ICQ from kopete (however licq has > been working for me for long time). > The problem is that the password, which works on licq - does not work on > kopete connection. > I tried to delete and recreate the ICQ account definition in kopete, but > this was not successful. > > I did verify that kopete is trying to connect to the same ICQ server > +port as licq. > > Did anyone else encounter problems connecting to ICQ from kopete? If > yes, how did he work around them? Did anyone try editing > ~/.kde/share/config/kopeterc manually? > --- Omer > > On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 14:58 +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: > > On 9/14/05, Omer Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Did anyone succeed in connecting to MSN Messenger from Linux (Debian > > > Sarge distribution)? > > > > Are you reffering to the MSN network? It's trivial. > > Both amsn and kopete connected without a hitch back when I used > > them. > > "apt-cache search msn" will turn up more clients (jabber-msn, > > tmsnc, gaim) > > > > > If yes - what was the recipe used to accomplish this end? > > > - Package/s > > > > "apt-get install amsn" or "... kopete" > > > - Manual configuration required > > > > Not that I remember. It was all done through the standard application > GUI. > > > > > - Full registration procedure assuming that you are not trying to reuse > > > an existing account > > > > That last one I never tried but at worst you can probably create a user > > through the web interface. > > -- > MS-Windows is the Pal-Kal of the PC world. > My own blog is at http://www.livejournal.com/users/tddpirate/ > > My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. > They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which > I may be affiliated in any way. > WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- | | Alex Alexander | | Alexander Computer Services | www.alexinfotech.biz :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (private email) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Faneromenis 8 Holargos | +30 210 6522522 :: +30 697 7129820 | | Linux :: Debian 'sarge' (work) && 'sid' (home) :: 2.6.11 :: KDE 3.4.1 \ ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
