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The_Tick said: In general some are decent, some are really bad and barely support anything. Since you already have a multi im client, why not just use that with each service? Yes, that makes sense, of course . . . I was just wondering. Now that I've got the tips you and the others have given me here...

twopeak:

Is this what you are talking about?

http://www.jabber.org/network/


The_Tick:

Why do they suck? In principle or in practice?

just curious, as obviously I don't know anything about this stuff!

These points were what I was not understanding before: 1) get an account on each service you wish to use 2) download adium and log on to all those accounts at once Thanks! Now I understand (and have done) how to be able to confer with users on various chat programs using only one. I had looked on th...

Thanks for all your helpful replies! Ok, so if I can't do the impossible, what is possible? What do you folks suggest for a tool, or suite of tools, that would allow one to IM chat with folks on Yahoo, MSN, and whatever else is popular? I'm on a OS X box running Panther, but eventually, once I get t...

It strikes me that perhaps I should be using another app for IM . . . I don't know enough about them to be a good judge, but I was looking for an open source app that would let me chat with folks who are using Yahoo, MSN and all the rest without my needing to get accts on those types of services. Is...

Hi folks, I haven't ever used IM before but now have a need to do so. I am running OS X (10.3.9) and wanted to get something other than Yahoo, MSN, et al., so I looked around and downloaded Adium. Here's my question: I've just got a user account at jabber (vacunao@jabber.org), but how do I test it t...