So I typed http://www.google.com/search?q=pidgin+jabber & got to teh FAQ, which says: "Jabber and XMPP are the same protocol. There is no difference." ( http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Protocol%20Specific%20Questions#WhereisthedifferencebetweenJabberandXMPP ).
Then, there's "Getting Started" ( http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Pidgin#GettingStarted ), "# XMPP (Jabber): This will depend on the server in question. All Jabber servers use the XMPP account type. Go to http://www.jabber.org/user/quickstart.shtml for some public Jabber servers or visit Google Talk's account creation page" ( https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount?service=talk ), etc. It shouldn't be too hard, right?!?? :) Regards, Vladimir On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Charles E. Perkins <charl...@computer.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > I regret being clueless. I have tried a dozen ways to make > this work, but I have not yet been able to figure it out. > > I have a gmail account. Is that enough to get Jabber to > work? If so, what server do I indicate? what resource? > > If not, can anyone recommend a Jabber server that works? > I tried several, all failing miserably. I tried requiring SSL, > I checked the box to create a new account, I tried various > (numerous!) permutations. I googled "starting Jabber" and > many other permutations. > > Do I need to set up a specific Jabber account _before_ > trying to get Pidgin to have access to the account? > > Any help will be appreciated, even if it is only the suggestion > to go read an actually useful page on the web. I've gone > through a lot of them, and up until now have stopped > short of installing other Jabber clients -- on the theory that > Pidgin probably is working just fine if I could just figure out > how to use it. > > Once I somehow get my Jabber account configured into > my Pidgin client, I am _guessing_ that I should be able to > select the XMPP account as the correct protocol to use > when I make use of the "Add Buddy" feature. Is this > correct? Or do I have to do something more esoteric > and opaque to put Jabber-minded colleagues in my list > of buddies? > > Thanks in advance, > Charlie P. > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > Support@pidgin.im > http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
