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Real-time Messaging. Services, and protocols such as ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, and MSN Messenger.

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Is there a way to render LaTEX/MathJax for Slack Chatting client (web or app)?

I have a workgroup that uses the Slack chatting app/website/destop version to communicate, and the desire to send usable mathematical expressions across to friends is something we'd like to do there. ...
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Is there a command line interface for slack? [closed]

I am a user of slack https://slack.com/ I think the desktop client is useful, but sometimes I am working on servers. There is also a browser interface and android and iPhone Clients. My objective is ...
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How to enable 3rd party cookies ONLY for Microsoft Teams

The company I work for wants us to begin using Microsoft Teams however after logging in the page goes into a redirect loop for about a minute, and then finally ends up on this error screen. I know ...
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How do I export the history of Skype?

Is it possible to export Skype v4 chat history into some readable plain-text format? (.txt, .xml, .html) Alternatively, is it possible to backup/restore skype chat history? (I wouldn't mind backup to ...
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Save Chat Room in Contact List in Pidgin

I use several chat rooms regularly with Pidgin. Every time I want to join them, I need to pop-up the "Join Chat" dialog, select the right account, and enter the chat room name. Sometimes, the some ...
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Is there a way to make a persistent IRC account that I can read missed / old messages with?

So, I'm new to IRC. I made a nickname with a password through nickserv on the channel that I usually participate in. What I want to know is if there's a way I can read messages that I've missed when ...
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How to play MP3 files into the microphone input

In a chat session, whenever I want the other person to hear a pre-recorded voice, I need to play it on my speakers and use my microphone to capture it. How can I play MP3 files into the microphone ...
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Secure video chat program as an alternative to Skype [closed]

I'm looking for something similar to skype but basically just for me to video chat with my girlfriend. Skype has been kind of buggy lately with its recent iterations and doesn't seem to be progressing ...
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Can we have a linux terminal chat client for gmail?

Does a gmail terminal chat client exist or anyway one can write it?
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Make notifications of Skype messages more attention-grabbing

We use Skype chat at work. I'm finding that I don't notice when people send a message to me. The only notification is a tiny little bouncing bubble in the tray. I have three monitors, and the tray is ...
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Is there a way to export Slack conversation history?

A colleague has announced they are leaving the company in 2 weeks. A few weeks ago, another colleague left the company, and his Slack account immediately disappeared, and I could no longer see any of ...
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Turn off Bing chat bot on Microsoft Edge

How do I turn off this annoying chat bot which opens up every time on Bing (on Microsoft Edge)?
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How to message any user on your LAN?

I have admin access to all (read most) the machines on my LAN. However, I wanted all users to be able to coordinate with each other. How should I approach this problem? One solution which I can think ...
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How to disable autoformatting in microsoft chat on sender's side? I type an underscore, teams turns it to italic

In Microsoft Teams chat, if I type a second underscore character in a chat line, Teams tries to turn the part of the line between the two underscore characters to italic and removes the underscores. ...
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Thunderbird, chat extension, what about notification

As you may have noticed, Thunderbird's new version has now a built-in feature that allows you to use it as a chat client. For example, Google talk. So I initiated my own account. The problem is that ...
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Merge two Skype chat archives

I have two computers – both of them are Windows XP SP3 32-bit and running the same version of Skype and login with the same account. How can I merge the chat histories of these two accounts into one ...
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Where are the WeChat chat logs stored?

I'd like to back up my WeChat chat logs, so I tried backing the chat logs up to my computer using the OS X WeChat application. It backed up successfully, but I can't find the chat logs anywhere. I ...
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Service or tool for storing all IM chat

I normally use different IM applications (Pidgin, Digsby, MSN etc.) on several computers. Is there some tool or web application for storing the chat logs online and that allows searching through them?
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Talk command only shows "Checking for invitation on caller's machine"

The talk command on Yosemite doesn't work and the /etc/inetd.conf file is nowhere to be found. Why is this file no longer included with OS X and why doesn't talk work anymore? Running talk just says: ...
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Talk on multiple IRC channels at once?

I seem to remember, back in '91 or so, that the console-based IRCII implemention on the Solaris box that first got me on the net would let me /Join multiple channels on a given network such that, as ...
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Thunderbird 15 Chat Notification even if my window in minimized

This is my first post on SU. My Question is related to thunderbird 15.0.1 I configured the chat accounts which is a great feature, I was wondering whether I could configure or install any add-on if ...
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Where is stored the backups of WeChat?

I have an Android device with some conversations of WeChat. I would like to do a backup of these conversations, so I am using the Windows 10 application of WeChat, it seems that it is the way to do ...
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Is there any Open Source Office Chat Messenger? [closed]

I am looking for an open source instant chat messenger for Office purposes.
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Chatting on LAN using Command prompt

Is there a way to chat between two computers on same LAN using the command prompt in windows, If so, how to do that?
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A text/audio/video chat client that can connect to an IP directly?

Is there any chat client that would just let you connect to someone's computer directly? (provided they're also running the same client). I'm in a place where I can connect to their ip directly, but ...
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Open source chat protocol that handles voice & video?

I'm looking for a chat protocol which: Has easy to use clients which will run on both Windows and Linux. Has a server which I can run myself on Linux (preferably easy to set up). Supports duplexed ...
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LAN messenger for Windows with features like Google Talk [closed]

Currently we are using Google Talk as messenger at our work place. Now we are supposed to replace it with some LAN based messenger. It should have at least following features chatting ( if logs are ...
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Command line jabber chat clients for windows?

I only use Google Talk, and was wondering if there were any jabber command line clients for windows? I prefer command-line as I use it a lot on a day to day basis, and it seems much easier. The client ...
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Microsoft Office Communicator (MOC) chat history?

How can I access Microsoft Office Communicator chat history? It looks like the only built-in way to do this is to use Microsoft Exchange server -- is there any other way to do this?
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Alternate client for Cisco Unified Personal Communicator protocol

At work we have an in-house chat system using CUPC. Does anyone else out there use this? There are a few things I do not like about this client: Where's the chat log? If I close the window, I have no ...
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Why is the option to leave a chat missing in MS Teams?

I can see a "Leave Chat" option in other chats that I'm a part of but not this particular one. There originally were 3 persons in the chat. One left. And I no longer need to be in it. Is there a ...
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Pidgin showing "Unable to connect" message with Gmail chat

I am unable to connect to gmail chat through pidgin (2.10.9) on Debian. But Facebook chat is working fine. Have tried this: Google support https://support.google.com/a/answer/49147?hl=en a blog ...
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Where is my Yahoo! Messenger 11 chat history stored? How can I search through it?

I need to search for a string of text in my Yahoo! Messenger 11 chat history. When I view the history using Yahoo! Messenger, all I can do I cycle through past conversations one by one. I remember ...
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Permanently show hidden channels in Microsoft Teams

Moving from Slack to Microsoft Teams, one of the most annoying changes is the liberal use of "hidden" channels. I'm frequently having to click into the "3 hidden channels" submenu: ...
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Signal messenger on the desktop

I currently use Telegram (because it just works very nicely) and WhatsApp (because stubborn people insist on using it). Both can be used on the desktop via http://web.whatsapp.com and http://web....
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Group Chat with persistent members in pidgin

I want to make a chat-room in Pidgin. I know the default way; i.e. using Add a Chat from Buddies menu. But there are some problems using it! Just the creator can have it in his/her list; so everyone ...
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How to join an OFTC IRC channel using Element?

I want to join a channel on the OFTC IRC network and I used Hexchat for it. However, the UI was really bad and I wanted something more modern like Slack/Discord. Then I found Element which we can ...
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Small utility to use a LAN chat in my WiFi connection using Windows 7

My brother is in the next hotel room and no wifi is here... For fun we'd like to use ad hoc wifi connection and a small utility to do a little chat... Is it possible? Do you have any utility ...
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How to use Google Talk video chat on Redhat?

Is there some way? This page says its not possible 'normally'. Is there a workaround for this?
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How to regularly secure/backup Telegram Chats?

since Telegram offers the option to delete complete chats for both sides - is there any way to secure your data? For example someone keeps harassing you through the Telegram chat, and later deletes ...
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Skype doesn't always notify about new chat messages

So we are both online and sending each other messages in skype from time to time. I get notifications, answer, and some time later I switch to the Skype window and there are new message about which I ...
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Why disabling chrome images turns off gmail chat?

I disabled automatic loading of images in chrome (via settings/content settings/Do not show any images). Then I refreshed my gmail(where I was available on gmail chat earlier) page. Now gmail chat ...
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Issue with Gmail chat in google chrome [closed]

I am having issues with my Gmail chat window in Google Chrome. The chat window is not appearing fully. Please see the attached image. Is there any way to fix this. Even when my Google Chrome window ...
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Are there any third party Skype chat log viewers for the mac? [closed]

According to this question, Skype's chat history viewer is limited - it won't show chats for users no longer in your contact list, cannot allow for search, and generally is not as useful when you're, ...
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Searching chat history in Skype For Business

I had chat conversations (text) with my friend Adam 50 times over the past 200 days. Skype for Business does not collate all these conversations into one conversation across time. Instead, I literally ...
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Small footprint chat app [closed]

When I run Digsby it takes up 140MB of memory. When I run MS-Messenger it takes 50MB of memory. Is there a multipurpose chat app which takes < 10MB Memory. This is a big pet peeve of mine.
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Video chat software for Ubuntu [closed]

Is there any video/audio chat program available for Ubuntu 9.4 apart from Skype ?
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SIP address for group chat in Lync

For opening the chat window with Microsoft Lync, we can call either Lync SIP:[email protected] or SIP:[email protected] However I am looking for single command for open a group chat. It can be ...
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Lotus SameTime Chat History

How do I get to yesterday's SameTime chat? A guy sent me a URL yesterday via Lotus SameTime. I saved the chat. Today, I opened Lotus SameTime. I clicked on File → Open Chat History and this is all I ...
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HuBot with HipChat: connecting, listening but not talking

I am try to configure HuBot to work with HipChat. My HuBot appears to be connecting and listening correctly, however is not responding to anything. I would appreciate any thoughts on what the problem ...
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