I use Gaim with msn, ICQ and Yahoo accounts.
Ian Monroe wrote: >Most of my friends use AIM and some use MSN Messenger. When I went to Spain >this summer, everyone seemed to be using MSN Messenger, the one exception >being a gal from France who used AIM. > >So really, whatever you think about the protocols, you don't get much choice. >Its what your friends use. And outside of Yahoo! which often breaks Gaim, >they're all the sames. You do get a choice of IM software, I use Gaim since >it seems to be the best. It routinely ranks as one of the most active >SourceForge projects (probably due to their internationalization efforts, but >they do put out new releases pretty frequently). And its easy to use >encryption. Occasionally I run into problems with file transfers and with all >the updates for Gaim, for some reason my nickname aliases sometimes disappear >or my prefences will change. Its written in GTK, so its pretty ugly. > >I think it would be cool to have a on-campus Jabber server. In the past >external Internet goes down, and IM with it, which is silly since most of the >people I want to IM live on campus anyways. I started playing around with >Jabberd (and couldn't get it work), but I now see there is Jabberd 2 out, >might as well just try that instead. > >On Thursday 19 February 2004 13:27, Nathaniel Green wrote: >> I have a question. >> >> I want to know who supports which Instant Messenger protocols. Maybe >> name your first choice and then all the rest, or give a hierarchy, or >> whatever. >> >> It seems weird that we can all search for each other's email address, >> but have to explicitly ask about IM. This could be such a powerful tool >> for everyone if there was a nice/easy way to get people on your lists. >> Sure, it could be used maliciously/annoyingly too, but I think it'd be >> worth the tradeoff. >> >> Anyway, I use gaim with aol and msn accounts. >> What are your favorite flavors? >> >> Nate > > >-- >Ian Monroe >http://www.monroe.nu > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with Subject: unsubscribe >----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -----------------------------------------------------------------
