This may be a very stupid question, but... was Re: Adding buddies in iChat

2009-08-01 Thread Jenny Kennedy (Howard)
Hi, Okay in iChat I sign in with my iChat account which is blueskyes9112...@mac.com . This is my account I set up through iChat the other day. Do I also need an AIM account? I don't have any iChat buddies or aim buddies as I have forgoten my AIM account information. and was under the idea

Re: This may be a very stupid question, but... was Re: Adding buddies in iChat

2009-08-01 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Jenny, ifyou want access to MSN, I'd definitely go with Adium, that's what I use, and love it. WHat didn't you like about it? maybe I can help you to get it customised so you will like it? There are all sorts of items under the events section of Adium preferences that you can

Re: This may be a very stupid question, but... was Re: Adding buddies in iChat

2009-08-01 Thread Mark Baxter
Ichat does not create accounts for you on any chat servers. If you don't have the account, you won't be able to set it up in Ichat. There should be a status button near the top of your screen that might say disconnected, or connected, or whatever. If it doesn't say Connected or Surfing

Re: This may be a very stupid question, but... was Re: Adding buddies in iChat

2009-08-01 Thread Randy Stegall
No, your mac.com account should work just fine. I have added you to my buddy list. You will find me with the aim screen name of kc4gfr. hope this helps. Randy On Aug 1, 2009, at 6:59 PM, Jenny Kennedy (Howard) wrote: Hi, Okay in iChat I sign in with my iChat account which is

Re: This may be a very stupid question, but... was Re: Adding buddies in iChat

2009-08-01 Thread Jenny Kennedy (Howard)
Hi Dan, Sure I could use any help in setting up Adium. Okay for one thing I couldn't figure out how to jump back and forth to read the last line of a convo. Then to reply like I could with JAWS and MSN messenger. Secondly it seemed like any ongoing convos, say for example a friend msged