On 1/13/06, John Layt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 13 January 2006 18:24, rikona wrote: > > AC> if you have a hotmail account, it's your username on MSN. If not, > > AC> you can easily create an account at www.passport.net with the > > AC> e-mail address of your choice. > > > > Thanks, Albert and Chuck, for the info. Funny they didn't mention that > > on the web site. :-) > > And for KDE users out there, if you go into Kopete and choose to add a new MSN > Account, it even provides a button to click on that takes you straight to the > passport registration page. Same goes for AIM, Yahoo and all teh other > protocols Kopete supports. > > John. >
Google now has an IM service based on Jabber. Any Jabber client can connect to the service. It is currently in beta and requires a gmail account which is also in beta. Their terms of service and privacy policies are IMHO pretty clear and easy to read (as easy as a legal document can be). Another big plus is the fact that Google is open source friendly. If anyone wants to try it out to see what its like you can only sign up via an SMS text message on your cell phone (USA only I think) or by e-mail invitation from another GMail user. I have invites to hand out if anyone wants one. Just email me with the subject of "GMail Invitation". I'm not trying to evangelize Google. When I signed up it was out of curiosity and it seemed kinda cool. I just like to try new things. So far I may stick with this account, but I don't plan on moving all my email usage to this account. I'm using it mostly for email lists like this one because of the insane amount of space they offer. And as far as ads go, they are text only and off to the side and out of my freakin way (unlike most freebies). Mike ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
