Instant Messaging With Gaim; Supported Protocols - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP1 - GNOME 23-05-2007 Manual

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.
Section 6.1, "Supported Protocols," on page 151
Section 6.2, "Setting Up an Account," on page 152
Section 6.3, "Managing Your Buddy List," on page 152
Section 6.4, "Chatting," on page 153

6.1 Supported Protocols

Gaim supports the following instant messaging protocols:
AIM/ICQ
Gadu-Gadu
GroupWise
IRC
Jabber
MSN
Napster
Yahoo
Zephyr
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