everybuddy & icq

[Ken Moffat]

Ted Ozolins wrote:
> A lot of the students at the local highschool are giving linux a go. 
> Since all teens have more to say to each other than a normal day permits 
> time, they spend a lot of time chatting on msn, icq and what have you. 
> The chat program "everybuddy" works well on msn and aim but nothing 
> anyone types on icq gets to the other end. Licq on the other hand works 
> as it should. I've talked most of them through downloading and 
> compiling/installing  licq and for the most part they are pleased with 
> the result.  Does anyone happen to know why there is a problem with 
> "everybuddy" and icq? 


Seems to me Gaim was a good choice, but I haven't had much luck with 
icq, since I'm behind a firewall and open ports don't seem to help. 
Yahoo messenger works very well for yahoo only. 
(ymessenger_0.99[something].deb)

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Ken Moffat
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