On Sun, 2002-08-04 at 11:57, Jeff Waugh wrote: > <quote who="James Gregory"> > > > All that said - you might want to look into using Linux replacements for > > your windows software rather than trying to emulate windows. I think > > Gabber will talk MSN Messenger. > > GAIM is probably a better bet - Gabber relies on the jabber.org servers to > talk to MSN, and they generally don't work. GAIM does all the multiprotocol > stuff locally, and talks MSN, AOL, Yahoo, ICQ, etc.
Yep. jabber.org seems to be almost permanently down but we have been using a jabber server for quick internal communication in our small business (www.gmc.net.au). It's been a bit fiddly to set up but once done you are almost guaranteed to get through on the clients (Gabber, JIM, etc.) to MSN, ICQ, Yahoo .... HTH. David -- David Guest GPG key ID BE79B742 @ keyserver.medicine.net.au Fingerprint: 2609 DB95 C040 5902 BA0C 4D3C F1F2 EA62 BE79 B742
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