[32] in im locker bugs
Re: using yahoo IM with gaim?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arun A Tharuvai)
Mon Dec 23 12:36:20 2002
To: iggy@mit.edu
From: "Arun A Tharuvai" <aatharuv@MIT.EDU>
Cc: bug-im@mit.edu, aatharuv@mit.edu
Date: 23 Dec 2002 12:36:18 -0500
Hmmm, those instructions are a bit out of date, since plugins are
loaded automatically these days. How did you try adding a yahoo
account? When you just tried adding a yahoo account, what problems did
you have? Which platform did you have problems on?
Arun
<daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> (iggy@MIT.EDU) writes:
> Hi,
> I tried to use gaim with yahoo instant messenger as well as with AIM, and I
> tried to follow these directions, but when I start gaim, there's no way to click
> on plugins, and when I go into the preferences, there aren't any plugins about
> yahoo. I tried to add a yahoo account, but it doesn't look like I'm logged into it.
>
> thanks,
> Alicia
>
>
>
> In order to use all the different protocols, at the startup screen,
> you need to click on plugins, click on load, and change directory
> to /mit/im/lib/gaim . To add a plugin, load one of the files with
> a filename ending with .so in that directory. Then, you can click
> on accounts and add any ICQ, AIM, MSN messenger, etc accounts that
> you've used in the past.
>
> If you have any questions about gaim or licq, you can contact the
> maintainers of the im locker by sending an email to bug-im@mit.edu
>
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Arun A Tharuvai
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