Pidgin 2.6
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Pidgin is an instant messenger (IM) application that cover multiple protocols - including (but not limited to) AIM, ICQ, MSN, IRC, Jabber, Novell GroupWise Messenger and Lotus Sametime. These protocols can be used simultaneously to provide communication across the different networks. Additional features include file transfer, away messages and typing notification. A number of plug-ins are also available to enrich Pidgin's feature set. The Mac version is available through Fink.
Pidgin was previously known as Gaim. |
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Pidgin news feed |
John Bailey: Major Changes Afoot
Well, it's been about forever since I last bothered to post anything here. Since my last post, we've released several times, introducing and fixing a bunch of bugs. Now, however, we're shifting our... |
Mark Doliner: Tool to View DNS SRV Records for XMPP
I wrote a crummy tool that displays the current DNS SRV records for a given XMPP domain. After writing it I discovered that Olark has already created something similar.
My tool attempts to do some... |
Mark Doliner: No Summer of Code for Pidgin This Year
Pidgin/Finch/libpurple/Instant Messaging Freedom, Inc. didn’t apply to be an organization in Google’s Summer of Code (GSoC) this year.
Why not? The short answer is that I didn’t... |
John Bailey: Current AIM Issues
Over the last couple hours, we've had nearly everyone and his/her brother in #pidgin asking about connections to AIM causing a certificate prompt. The specific prompt is for bos.oscar.aol.com. The... |
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