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Hide name between messages from same person in Pidgin
When you have a conversation in Pidgin, the name of each person is shown in front of each message. I found a plugin (New Line) that prepends a newline after the name of the person, which makes it more ...
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Filtering buddy lists in Pidgin
I use a corporate IM system that "helpfully" provides 14 "buddy" lists containing between them upwards of 300 people, no more than 10 or 20 of whom I actually have any reason to IM with. I've tried ...
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Remove a buddy in Finch
Is there a way to remove a buddy from my buddy list in Finch? If it matters, I'm using Jabber, and the buddy list looks like it is stored server side (editing blist.xml did not work).
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IM protocol with message receipt confirmation
Is there any instant messaging protocol (or plugin for Pidgin) that uses a read receipt layer to verify whether messages have actually been delivered and resend if not? I've had problems recently with ...
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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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why skype is not available on messengers like pidgin
i really like pidgin, empathy etc. (especially pidgin) because they gather all accounts like xmpp, msn etc. together except skype. i know skype uses a proprietary protocol but so does msn and it is ...
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Rename Buddy Group In Finch
I use Finch as my primary IM client. I have divided my buddies up into groups, but I made an error when I was naming the groups. How can I rename a buddy group from within Finch? Is it even ...
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Block unknown users in Pidgin
How can I block messages from people who isn't in my buddy list in Pidgin?
I always receive a lot of bothering messages from people who is not in my list, I have look at all the options in Pidgin but ...
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How to associate gmail id to pidgin account [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to setup a Google Apps GTalk account in Pidgin?
I have an id (myname@mycompany.com) registered via Google Apps so I use myname@mycompany.com to register in Google ...
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GNU Screen and Finch Not Playing Nicely
I use finch for instant messaging, and for persistence, finch is one of the things that runs in my screen session. There are three main computers that I access my screen session from, and each works ...
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Pidgin to pidgin, what protocol to chose?
I and a friend need to start to use some instant messaging and it seem like pidgin is a nice program to use. However it supports quite a lot of different protocols.
So my question is witch to choose? ...
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Pidgin To Shoretel Call Manager IM
Is anyone out there using Pidgin to connect with Shoretel's Instant Messaging? Shoretel 9.2. According to one of the docs I found on Shoretel's website, it should be connecting as a SIMPLE client ...
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Pidgin says “Unable to add user: Unknown error (204)” on login to MSN
I have Pidgin 6.5.5 for Ubuntu 9.04.
Whenever I login to my MSN account, I get this error:
"Unable to add user: Unknown error (204)" on login to MSN
Which shows up in the debug log as:
(18:22:45) ...
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How do I change spellcheck dictionary in pidgin on windows?
How do I change the spellchecker dictionary in pidgin on windows?
I have aspell with english and swedish installed. I would like to be able to switch between them at will.
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How do I enable/disable spellcheck in pidgin on windows?
How do I (temporarily) disable the spellchecker in pidgin on windows?
