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Instant Messaging with Gaim
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Use Gaim to use all of your instant messaging accounts from a single instant messaging client. Gaim
supports all of the most popular instant messaging protocols, so you can log in to all of your
accounts at once and chat live with your contacts in one tabbed interface, regardless of which IM
system they use.
This chapter explains the Gaim options you need to know about to set up Gaim and communicate
with your contacts. It does not explain all of Gaim's features and options. For more information,
open Gaim, then click Help > Online Help or press F1.
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Section 6.1, "Supported Protocols," on page 111
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Section 6.2, "Setting Up an Account," on page 111
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Section 6.3, "Managing Your Buddy List," on page 112
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Section 6.4, "Chatting," on page 112
6.1 Supported Protocols
Gaim supports the following instant messaging protocols:
• AIM/ICQ
• Gadu-Gadu
• GroupWise
• IRC
• Jabber
• MSN
• Napster
• Yahoo
• Zephyr
6.2 Setting Up an Account
To use Gaim, you must already have accounts on the systems you want to use. For example, to use
Gaim for your AIM account, you must first have an AIM account. Once you have those accounts,
set them up in the Gaim Add Account dialog.
1 Start Gaim by clicking Computer > More Applications > Communicate > Gaim.
2 Click Accounts > Add to open the Add Account dialog.
The first time you run Gaim, or any subsequent times you start Gaim when you don't have any
accounts set up, the Add Account dialog opens automatically.
3 Choose the protocol you want to set up.
The Add Account dialog differs for each protocol, depending on what setup options are
available for that protocol.
4 Enter the setup options for the chosen protocol.
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