Have you tried using Jabber? you can have accounts with things such as msn messanger and connect with them using the jabber client.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/jabber/ On November 14, 2002 12:26 am, b-r-i-a-n - wrote: > Yeah, I thought about that. I still need to figure out something for MSN > though. > > From: Richard Jenniss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: (clug-talk) ICQ and MSN under Linux > >Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 00:26:17 +0000 > > > >You could use web icq. > > > > > > > >On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 23:53:30 -0700 > > > >b-r-i-a-n - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > With all this talk of MSN and ICQ under Linux it reminded me of a > > > >problem > > > > > that I am having. > > > > > > I'm behind router(s) that I have no control over. I blieve the > > > standard ports for ICQ and MSN are being blocked. In Windows it isn't > > > a problem because I think these two applications are using port 80 in > > > conjunction probably with some proxy servers that MSN and ICQ have. > > > The Linux > > > >clones > > > > > for MSN and ICQ don't appear to be far enough along yet to use these. > > > >Am I > > > > > wrong here? Or is there a way to accomplish the same thing under > > > Linux? > > > > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. :-) > > > > > > Brian H. > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
