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Multi Protocol IM client

  • 05-09-2003 1:07pm
    #1
    maxheadroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭


    Hi,


    I'm looking for an IM client, on linux and/or windows that can handle multiple protocols per contact. So if person A is online on ICQ and MSN, they won't show up twice.


    Anyone have any suggestions?


    Thanks


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  • #2
    spongebob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭spongebob


    Trillian does all of those, maybe one at a time though


  • #3
    whosurpaddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭whosurpaddy


    not sure about linux, but trillian definitly integrates all the usual im's (msn, icq, aim, etc)


  • #4
    maxheadroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭maxheadroom


    yeah trillian handles multiple protocols, but I don't think it lets you do what I want...


    Say I have a friend called, I dunno, Peter. Peter* uses MSN at home, as hunkylover2003@hotmail.com*. But, in work, the best he can manage is ICQ lite via the webpage, where he's 115148754*. I'd like to be able to associate both acounts with the one contact. Everybuddy used to do it (apparentely, I never used it), but it has code forked and i don't want to touch it until both branches settle down. And I need something that's being maintained actively cos of the MSN issue at the moment


    * obviously fictional...


  • #5
    Duffman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭Duffman


    Hrm... gaim is about the most functional linux multiprotocol IM client at the moment...

    http://gaim.sourceforge.net

    Not sure if anything has the feature you're looking for though..


  • #6
    maxheadroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭maxheadroom


    Duffman - its on their ToDo list, apparentely...


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  • #7
    Duffman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭Duffman


    Remember that Microsoft's decision to prevent 3rd party clients connecting to the MSN network soon may mean that Linux users will just have to abandon the MSN protocol...


  • #8
    maxheadroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭maxheadroom


    Yeah, I know, but the best you can hope for is that the clients who keep up with the latest protocols will be more likely to keep working past the 15th of October...


    Kopete does what i want on linux but the interface is horrible, and it sems really buggy. I'd prefer to keep using GAIM.


  • #9
    Duffman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭Duffman


    Originally posted by maxheadroom
    Yeah, I know, but the best you can hope for is that the clients who keep up with the latest protocols will be more likely to keep working past the 15th of October...

    The problem is that it's not the protocol that's changing.. It's the fact that newer MSN clients use encryption when they connect to the network... :(


  • #10
    maxheadroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭maxheadroom


    I thought the encryption was built into MSN Protocol V8 or higher?


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