On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Mike Webb<weeble7...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been using GAIM 1.5.0 for some time (it came with my copy of Puppy > Linux) and have been quite content with it. Up until now, I've seen no > reason to upgrade to Pidgin. I am presently running Puppy Linux 3.01. > > Now there's a reason. I'm getting messages from Yahoo! that support (I > presume protocol support) for the "Yahoo! Messenger" (hee hee hee) I'm using > expires August 15. I'm presuming Pidgin will take me back into the > "supported" realm, and have installed it. > > However, I've not seen any notes on how to make moving to Pidgin an actual > upgrade in the sense of my accounts, settings, logs and such from GAIM being > imported into Pidgin. May I simply drag-n-drop my GAIM data directories' > content into the corresponding Pidgin data directories, or is more required? > Are there things that have changed so much (such as the settings files) that > I cannot simply use the GAIM files, but have to set it up from scratch? > > Any help along this line will be appreciated. The 15th is only 3 days away! > > Thanks, > Mike Webb
Pidgin attempts to migrate all your settings from Gaim. So you shouldn't need to do anything special--your settings and accounts should all be imported automatically. -Mark _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support