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Make sure you are logged into the jabber and the Google Talk account.

Now we want to attach transports to the Google Talk account.

Now, enter in a user name in the Jabber ID box, and add main Jabber server] to the end of it.

On this screen, enter in anything you want to call the account and be sure to check the register new account check box. In the account manager, click on the add button. Click the Psi symbol in the lower left corner of the Psi application window and select "Account Setup" to launch the Account Manager.

Now add the public Jabber server to Psi and create an account on that server.

Setup Psi to use your Google Talk account.

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NOTE: I did this on Windows Vista beta two, but it will work on Windows XP. A list of public Jabber servers can be found here but for this example I will use the jam. The Google Talk servers do not provide transports so we will use another jabber server and client to bind the transports back to our Google Talk server accounts. So these instructions are written for Chris P. was excited when I mentioned that he could use Google Talk to communicate with the other IMs. So enough already! How do we do this? My buddy Chris P. A "transport" is a small computer program that runs on a Jabber server and “translates” messages from other networks into the Jabber format. Jabber supports the concepts of transports. Under the hood, Jabber is a set of streaming XML protocols and technologies that enable any two entities on the Internet to exchange messages, presence, and other structured information in close to real time.". " an open, secure, ad-free alternative to consumer IM services like AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo (see the IM quickstart). The magic is that Google Talk is built on the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ( XMPP) protocol that was developed by the Open-source Jabber community. I could IM my friend on MSN from Google Talk. All of the IM protocols were bound to my Google Talk account. It was when I returned to work the following day and logged into Google Talk that I discovered the brilliance of this solution. I followed his directions and was soon using iChat to ping my friends.

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He details how to use the Jabber protocol to add Google Talk, MSN, Yahoo and AOL connectivity to iChat. is a freshman at Penn State in Lehigh Valley, PA.

While Googling for a solution I came across and article on the Cavemonkey blog. I searched for a better way, and that way was Cavemonkey. Adium was no better than GAIM and crashed very often. I never got GAIM to work on OS-X but I did find IM clients based on GAIM such as Adium. I discovered that OS-X's iChat messaging client supported on iChat, AOL and Jabber.

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Then I bought an Apple Mac mini and a MacBook, and I had to start the process all over again.

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The GAIM developers would update the software, and then the IM vendors would change the protocol and. They kept making changes to their systems which would break the functionality of GAIM. Of course, the problem is that the major IM providers all use different proprietary systems and protocols.

But I soon discovered that Yahoo support started failing. GAIM even supports Lotus Sametime, which is used at my employer. Users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously and chat with their friends on AOL, MSN and Yahoo. I downloaded GAIM and several plug-ins, and for a while, I was quite happy. Connect easily to MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo, AIM and other chat networks all at once.

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I discovered the wonderful world of multi-protocol instant messaging clients like GAIM.Ī free chat client used by millions. I wanted one protocol to bind them and one client to rule them all. At first, I downloaded each of the client applications but tired of installing and launching multiple IM clients, each with a unique interface. My personal favourite is Google Talk because I like simple interfaces, open platforms and Larry Page is a University of Michigan alumnus (Go Blue!).īut most of my family and friends have settled on either one of MSN, AOL, or Yahoo. Like most technology people I know, I have multiple Instant Messenger (IM) accounts because not all the people I chat with are using the same provider. I think most people have unfortunately moved to Twitter and other social media platforms. Read about the deprecated APIs on the Adium help page.