How can I use AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), ICQ, MSN Messenger, or Yahoo Messenger on Athena?
A version of AIM is available in the sipb locker. To run it, open a
Terminal or xterm, and type at the athena prompt:
add sipb ; tik &
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A version of Yahoo Messenger is available in the im locker for Linux
workstations only. To run it, open a Terminal or xterm, and type at the
athena% prompt:
add im ; ymessenger &
For Sun workstations, you might want to try opening up a web browser, and
going to Yahoo's webmessenger site at:
http://messenger.yahoo.com/#webmessenger
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There also exists a multi-protocol IM program called gaim, in the im
locker. You can use it to connect to AIM, ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, MSN
Messenger, Jabber, Zephyr, IRC, and Gadu-Gadu. To run it, open a Terminal
window or xterm and type the following at the athena% prompt:
add im ; gaim &
You can click on accounts and add any instant messenger accounts from
any of the supported IM services that you've used in the past.
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If you have any questions about gaim or ymessenger you can contact the
maintainers of the im locker by sending an email to bug-im@mit.edu
If you have any questions about tik, you can ask for help by sending
email to sipb@mit.edu.
Updated 08/11/2004
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