Re: In search of a plugin

2009-10-08 Thread John Moore 3rd
Paul Archambault wrote: Does this sound familiar to anyone and if so where can I find this plug-in? Sounds like the 'Lazy Bums' Plug-In. If You can't find it via Web Search write Me direct and I'll ship it to Ya. JOHN ;) Timestamp: Thursday 08 Oct 2009, 23:15 --400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Re: Google Chat

2009-08-27 Thread John Moore 3rd
Priyesh Patel wrote: Trying to configure pidgin to work with Google... it used to work but not anymore... Make sure that You have configured Pidgin to use SSL for Your GTalk connection. JOHN ;) Timestamp: Thursday 27 Aug 2009, 16:23 --400 (Eastern Daylight Time) signature.asc Description:

Re: Facebook and Skype and Plugins

2009-08-27 Thread John Moore 3rd
Evan Platt wrote: But - correct me if I'm wrong - if a person simply looks in the help file and e-mails support@pidgin.im, they aren't subscribed to the list. So when someone replies to the list, that person will never see the reply(ies) - correct? Should this perhaps be modified? Maybe not

Re: Facebook and Skype and Plugins

2009-08-27 Thread John Moore 3rd
David Woolley wrote: Gets my vote. I'd also suggest bouncing any posting that contains the words email, intended and confidential within a couple of lines of each other. I understand the frustration; but without employing Google Labs technology I know of no practical method for discerning

Re: Gaim 1.5 Needed

2009-08-22 Thread John Moore 3rd
Daniel Atallah wrote: On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 13:46, Luke Schiererlschi...@pidgin.im wrote: I do not know where you might be able to find a .deb of 1.5.x but you might be able to get away with running alien on the .rpm package that RedHat has of 1.5.x. Alternately, the sources are in

Re:

2009-08-19 Thread John Moore 3rd
Brooke Pugh wrote: Hi, I just downloaded pidgin and I have XMPP, and anytime I try to connect it says available-connecting and never connects. Please help! Trying 'Modifying Account' and on the 'Advanced' Tab configure to connect using SSL, 'Old Port 5223' and the 3rd box. This worked a charm

Re: Upgrading from GAIM

2009-08-12 Thread John Moore 3rd
Mike Webb wrote: Any help along this line will be appreciated. The 15th is only 3 days away! Be sure and locate then Back-Up accounts.xml and then store the backup copy some place SAFE. This file contains all Your Contacts/Buddies, etc. JOHN ;) Timestamp: Wednesday 12 Aug 2009, 19:50 --400

Re: Facebook

2009-08-11 Thread John Moore 3rd
Joseph Eiduson wrote: I love your product! �Is there a way to use it with Facebook email? �Meebo allows this but it is not a choice for�Pidgin. �Keep up the great work. There is a Facebook Plug-In for Pidgin. I will warn Ya, however, that I had Friends mention/complain that it doesn't 'play

Re: Is there away to have a chatroom automatically start up when you log into Pidgin?

2009-07-31 Thread John Moore 3rd
Nancy Lanning wrote: Hi - I use a certain chatroom on a daily basis. Is there a profile option or preference that can be set so that my chatroom will automatically startup each day when I start Pidgin? Sure, with the Buddy List open simply click on Buddies Add Chat then configure it to

Re: Install Problem

2009-07-30 Thread John Moore 3rd
Evan Platt wrote: If you continue to receive such harassment from Colin, I'd suggest a polite call to the main number for his office? With 'Send Own Number' Blocked! :-D JOHN ;) Timestamp: Thursday 30 Jul 2009, 15:48 --400 (Eastern Daylight Time) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Re: unable to log into Pidgin

2009-07-13 Thread John Moore 3rd
Parker, Kimberly C wrote: I have downloaded the new version of pidgin to my computer and can not log in. Since Pidgin doesn't require it's own Login procedure I must assume You are referring to being able to Sign-in/Login to the individual Messenger/Talk Services You have previously configured.

Re: Can´t download

2009-06-30 Thread John Moore 3rd
Ka-Hing Cheung wrote: On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 04:36:33PM -0300, Erick G. Vargas Ponce wrote: I´m using Pidgin on it´s 2.4 version, but since I can´t connect to YahooIM, I would like to download the latest 2.5.8 version available on your official website. I´ve already tryed to get it but

Re: Pidgin 2.5.7: Yahoo buddies in list appear signed-in after they sign out

2009-06-24 Thread John Moore 3rd
Daniel Wolfe wrote: If I have a Yahoo buddy, Pidgin doesn't seem to recognize their signout/logoff; in the buddy list and the chat window, they still appear online. It's not because I've got it set to show offline buddies, either. The problem resolves itself if I disable my YIM account, then

Re: My Yahoo account does not work on Pidgin

2009-06-22 Thread John Moore 3rd
Hayden Hartland wrote: What caused this issue and is this a long term fix or do I really need to upgrade to 2.5.7? Yahoo changed their Server configuration and Yes, You really need to upgrade to 2.5.7. JOHN ;) Timestamp: Monday 22 Jun 2009, 11:44 --400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Re: question about loggin on to yahoo via pidgin

2009-06-21 Thread John Moore 3rd
Ka-Hing Cheung wrote: On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:43:21PM +0200, Jennifer Schieweck wrote: @On Sun: Or your change the Pager Server by your Yahoo account (in the advanced options) to cs101.msg.mud.yahoo.com. I don't think it's wise to keep suggesting this option now that 2.5.7 is out.

Re: unsubscribe

2009-06-20 Thread John Moore 3rd
Matt Wyckoff wrote: Well I signed up for this list because the problem I was having was not in the FAQ's, now I am trying to unsubscribe from this list but I find no mail with my username and I don't remember it. So I can't change my password or log in to the pidgin site. Because the

Re: Changing a password

2009-06-15 Thread John Moore 3rd
Sean Fusco wrote: Hi, How do you change a password on pidgin instant messenger? Thank you. You must Login to the individual Chat/IM Service and make the Password change on the specific Site. Pidgin will connect to many individual IM/Chat Services but all administrative functions _must_ be

Re: doubt

2009-05-31 Thread John Moore 3rd
Fábio Kestenbaum wrote: Firstly, congratulations for the excellent IM. My only question is if there's anyway to, when I close the program, to keep it running on the bottom right corner of windows vista, just like skype does (for example). Simply double-click the Pidgin icon in the

Re: Plugin identification

2009-05-19 Thread John Moore 3rd
sonal shah wrote: Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Please Note this tagline at the bottom of every Post. Use the bottom Line to visit Mailman and Unsubscribe Yourself. ;) JOHN ;) Timestamp: Tuesday 19 May 2009, 07:16 --400 (Eastern

Re: Removing/Uninstalling Pidgin

2009-05-07 Thread John Moore 3rd
Daniel Atallah wrote: On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Doug Graham kb7...@gmail.com wrote: I have the Pidgin program installed on my netbook. I'm sure it's a wonderful IM utility, but I use another IM program that I am perfectly content with. It would appear that I have to reformat my entire OS

Re: im services support

2009-04-25 Thread John Moore 3rd
Hugo Chan wrote: can you support facebook? digsby can but pidgin can't! There is a Facebook Plug-In available so, Yes; Pidgin Can. ;) JOHN :-D Timestamp: Saturday 25 Apr 2009, 12:26 --400 (Eastern Daylight Time) -- 'Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving

Re:

2009-04-10 Thread John Moore 3rd
jw wrote: Please remove my name from any list you might have. I've been receiving many emails from people having problems with pidgin. I apologize if I put a check someplace I should not have. That's probably the problem. joanw_...@yahoo.com

Re: How to log in to google talk with university emails?

2009-03-18 Thread John Moore 3rd
Jarn wrote: I'm trying to log in to google talk via Pidgin with my university-provided gmail address (x...@u.northwestern.edu). I can log in with google's own Google Talk merely by typing in x...@u.northwestern.edu for the name, but when I do that in pidgin it doesn't connect and says error

Re: How to log in to google talk with university emails?

2009-03-18 Thread John Moore 3rd
eurus...@gmail.com wrote: That worked, thanks! I put domain as u.northwestern.edu and server as talk.google.com and it appears to have worked... John Moore 3rd wrote: You're very Welcome. Even a blind squirrel gets an acorn once in a while. :-D JOHN ;) Timestamp: Wednesday 18 Mar 2009

Re:

2009-03-09 Thread John Moore 3rd
Shelia Blough wrote: Please delete mysubscription to the pidgin support emails ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im

Re: Google Talk

2009-02-12 Thread John Moore 3rd
Evan Platt wrote: So you've added an account, Google Talk as the protocol, use your google mail username, domain is gmail.com ? What error are you getting? This works fine for me. If You are using a Google Apps Domain then simply replace gmail.com with the correct Domain. Please don't

Re: help!

2009-02-09 Thread John Moore 3rd
Gar Nelson wrote: If you look for the accounts.xml file in your .purple directory Once You've found this File, You should Copy-Back-Up it somewhere 'SAFE'. JIT Since Pidgin is a multiple protocol IM client, saying you 'can't connect' is about as useful as saying 'I've fallen and I can't get

Re: Certifications and Accreditations

2009-01-16 Thread John Moore 3rd
Ethan Blanton wrote: Daniel Atallah spake unto us the following wisdom: 2009/1/16 ed.carra...@l-3com.com: What if any Certifications and Accreditations exist for Pidgin? Pidgin has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law from University of Oxford. Which just goes to show you what a waste

2 Annoyances

2009-01-04 Thread John Moore 3rd
I am enthralled with Pidgin but am annoyed by 2 things that seem to happen far too often. One minor one major. Pidgin 2.5.3 O/S: XP SP3 Minor Annoyance: Initial Start-Up When starting Pidgin it takes too much time. The view from Task Manager indicates that Pidgin goes through several

Re: I can't connect to my google apps account

2008-12-31 Thread John Moore 3rd
darkweasel wrote: I also use a Google Apps account (darkwea...@euirc.eu) and found that these don't seem to work as Jabber IDs - I couldn't connect to it using Gajim either. The first thing I suspect whenever there is a connection issue with a Google Server is whether or not the Advanced

Re: Too many authorization requests

2008-12-29 Thread John Moore 3rd
Er Galvão Abbott wrote: I then thought Well, the solution is to install Psi here. It will open one window at a time and I'll be able to fix this!. Although it was a somewhat smart solution, it all failed because I just can't find any plugins or something like that to allow the Psi I've

Re: Too many authorization requests

2008-12-29 Thread John Moore 3rd
Er Galvao Abbott wrote: BTW, should I add a bug report for this in Pidgin's Bug Tracker? I can't see that this is a 'Bug' within Pidgin. Pidgin is functioning just as it should. This is a compatibility issue in how two entirely different IM Applications handle connectivity to various IM

SpellCheck in 2.5.3 [revisited]

2008-12-27 Thread John Moore 3rd
Following Etan's suggestion I have re-installed 2.5.3 making sure to confirm that Spell Check is enabled. While English was pre-selected grayed out' it was selected with a check mark in both places. [one in Spell Check another next to English]. Post re-install I still do not have the

Re: SpellCheck in 2.5.3 [revisited]

2008-12-27 Thread John Moore 3rd
Daniel Atallah wrote: I suggest uninstalling aspell and your dictionaries via Add/Remove Programs in the control panel, then reinstalling both aspell and a dictionary manually as the FAQ specifies:

Spell Check in 2.5.3

2008-12-26 Thread John Moore 3rd
I'm using Pidgin on M$ XP SP3. When I installed 2.5.3 over 2.5.2 I have noticed that Pidgin no longer underlines mis-spelled words nor offers spelling corrections. :( Did I make a mistake during Install? Is there a simple way to 'fix' this restore Spell Check? I _do_ have the option to do

Re: Copyright Question

2008-12-14 Thread John Moore 3rd
John Bailey wrote: The International Monetary Fund? How bizarre. *LOL* JOHN ;) Timestamp: Sunday 14 Dec 2008, 14:36 --500 (Eastern Standard Time) -- REMEMBER--A good friend will come and bail you out of jail... But a TRUE friend will be sitting next to you saying DAMN... that was fun!

Re: Pidgin - Yahoo system message for [name]

2008-12-05 Thread John Moore 3rd
tsetse fly wrote: The messages pop up when a IM service is not available Yahoo! system message for [name] The Yahoo! Messenger network is temporarily down due to maintenance. . How can I turn these off they keep coming and they will send any running app/game to the taskbar ! which is

Re: Invalid screen name

2008-09-20 Thread John Moore 3rd
Evan Platt wrote: Or, go to www.icq.com, there's gotta be a lookup utility to look up your ICQ ID. Not really. :( It is available in the 'My Account' screen but ironically, You need to know it in order to Login to that screen. :-\ JOHN ;) Timestamp: Saturday 20 Sep 2008, 10:59 --400

Re: Focus issues in conversation window

2008-09-04 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 David Balazic wrote: (v2.5.1 on winXP) It happened to me many times, that I was typing a message in the conversation window, but it was all lost. I had to click into the typing area so that it would accept the typing. Can it be changed so,

Re: Focus issues in conversation window

2008-09-04 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Richard Laager wrote: Applications do not steal focus. Windows are *given* focus by the window manager. If you don't like what your window manager is doing, get a better one. Tweak-UI for XP handles the 'focus stealing' issue very well. I see

Re: Version 2.50

2008-08-19 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Brian Morrison wrote: I am aware that Guifications will need to be re-installed afterwards am hoping that I can now Upgrade to v. 2.16 Why? Actually, I had read this somewhere but have been reminded after installing 2.5.0 that I was wrong.

2.5.0 Issue with SSL Cert for talk.google.com

2008-08-19 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Why is it every time I Open/Boot Pidgin 2.5.0 I am asked to Accept the Certificate for talk.google.com? Is this a Google Issue? I wasn't prompted for this until I Upgraded to 2.5.0 from 2.4.3 earlier this evening. :( If the connection to

Re: development

2008-07-31 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Brian Morrison wrote: There speaks a man who cannot write a coherent, punctuated, properly laid out email. I'm sorry I had to quote it all to make it obvious. Let me know what your business is so that I can avoid it and recommend others do

Re: Google Talk doesn't appear to work?

2008-07-28 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Evan Platt wrote: I added the protocol as Google Talk, but it appears to have changed to XMPP. GTalk /is/ XMPP so no problem there. I googled a bit and found a link suggesting under advanced, I check Force Old Port 5223, and change connect

Re: feedback

2008-07-23 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Akshat Gupta wrote: You've made it very difficult for users to give you feedback about your software. I just wanted to let you know that your recent releases crash a lot more than the earlier ones on my computer. All this time, I've been

Re: Pidgin vs. User Agent

2008-05-27 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 dsjkvf wrote: is there a way to change Pidgin's User Agent? i mean, change default Pidgin 2.3.1 (libpurple 2.3.1) to something else -- is it possible? Well, You could Upgrade to Pidgin 2.4.2. :-D What would You prefer to see displayed? JOHN

Re: Pidgin - are there broadcast capabilities ?

2008-05-23 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, we are looking to find out if Pidgin has broadcast capabilities. We need to be able to push notices to employees and have the IM window open on all desktops that have the Pidgin IM client installed. Also need the

Re: problems connecting to a xmpp server

2008-05-20 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 J. Manuel Velasco - UBILIBET wrote: Resource: I don't what to type so I type Pandion that is the resource I see for the other users connected Try leaving 'Resource' blank and 'Use Global Proxy Settings' in lieu of 'No Proxy' and see what

Re: problem connecting

2008-05-18 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Mitch wrote: Gtalk error message: SSL connection failed Make sure that You have checked SSL, Force 'Old SSL' and allow plaintext login. Also, Port should be 5223 AIM error message: could not connect to authentication server: Connection

Re: 2 questions

2008-05-15 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Etan Reisner wrote: I'm going to assume this was meant to be sent to the list. On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 03:30:14PM -0400, John Moore 3rd wrote: Etan Reisner wrote: Or do you mean the smileys that are used in the conversation window

Re: 2 questions

2008-05-15 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Etan Reisner wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 01:20:56PM -0700, kathryn powell wrote: I don't have a clue what you're talking about by replying to the list. At this point it became evident to Me that Kathryn is completely unaware that simply

Re: Sending a message to multiple users

2008-04-08 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Eugen Wiebe wrote: | Question: | Is it possible to send a question to multiple users (to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and | [EMAIL PROTECTED]) with one mouse click. | | E.g. I have a new Idea: | Hello friends. I have a new Idea. We could meet together and

Re: SSL

2008-04-07 Thread John Moore 3rd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Etan S. C. Reisner wrote: |It is compatible with the older version of Pidgin | 2.3.1. snipped for brevity | If you could post the relevant section of the debug log (Help-Debug | Window) for when pidgin fails to connect to the account might also

Re: Trouble creating Jabber (XMPP) account

2008-04-03 Thread John Moore 3rd
David Balazic wrote: Then in the main window I got a Read error for XMPP. A bit later Not Authorized. Did I forgot something ? I never used XMPP before, so I have no clue what Is wrong. Er... Have You been to www.jabber.org and created an Account with them? All Pidgin can do is connect

Re: Pidgin

2008-03-15 Thread John Moore 3rd
Bill Ayers wrote: I am using the IM everyday and would like to suggest something added into the Pidgin IM. Is there a way I can see a user logged into the IM? Like a balloon showing user logged in. You have setup for sounds when the user is logging into the IM but I can't hear the sounds