On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:48:29 -0700, Evan Platt <[email protected]> was claimed to have wrote:
>On 4/27/2010 5:03 AM, Ashu Bajpai wrote: >> Hello Sir, >> >> Can you tell me if I am using Pidgin and i logged in by >> using my yahoo account and if seperately on my system I logged via >> yahoo messenger. Then will I be log off from Pidgin or both will work >> simultaneously like I logged in my yahoo account via Pidgin and Yahoo >> messenger from two places is it happen or if I logged in Pidgin using >> yahoo account then I will be log off from yahoo messenger. Tell me for >> other accounts also. Becuase I don't want anyone to use any other >> messenger except pidgin. > >On almost every protocol I can think of, you can only log on once. If >you try to log on from another computer, or even another client on the >same computer, once you log on, you log out the other 'session'. So if >you open up Yahoo Messenger, then log in, you're logged in via Yahoo IM. >If you then open pidgin and log into Yahoo, it will log out your session >on Yahoo IM - regardless if it's the same computer or a different computer. > >I know Yahoo, ICQ, AIM, etc work this way, not sure about say IRC or the >other protocols. AIM allows multiple connections, edit an AIM account and look under the Advanced tab for a "Allow multiple simultaneous logins" Virtually all XMPP services allow multiple connections. MSN does, although pidgin doesn't support it at this time. Yahoo does in a limited fashion, I believe you're allowed one mobile and one desktop device at the same time, although it might only be the Yahoo SMS gateway or similar. I haven't used Yahoo in some time, so I can't speak authoritatively on this one. IRC allows multiple connections, although typically they need different nicks. However, if you use a bouncer, multiple connections to one nick are possible too. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
