From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 13 20:10: 0 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29BB337B401 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 20:09:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (www.fastmail.fm [66.111.4.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F29A43F3F for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 20:09:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB3EA198D8; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 23:09:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=www.fastmail.fm) by fastmail.fm with SMTP; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 23:09:50 -0500 X-Epoch: 1042517390 X-Sasl-enc: srVJ1rf+OS/2wh6KivUQoA Received: from sparky (dialup-209.246.208.247.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [209.246.208.247]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9A261701D; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 23:09:48 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 23:09:49 -0500 To: "Brian T. Schellenberger" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ICQ? References: <200301131444.12022.bts@babbleon.org> Message-ID: From: Jud In-Reply-To: <200301131444.12022.bts@babbleon.org> User-Agent: Opera7.0/Win32 M2 BETA2 build 2597 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:44:12 -0500, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: > > I tried a couple of FreeBSD ICQ clients but they wanted me to tell them > my ICQ ID. > > Well, I don't have one yet.. > > How do you get one in the first place? > If you are not wedded to ICQ, I happen to like Psi (usr/ports/net/psi - thanks to Jonathan Chen for the port), which uses Jabber, an open chat/IM/etc. protocol. Check out Jabber.org or Jabber.com to sign up for a Jabber ID. Psi or one of the other Jabber clients may be able to "do" ICQ through a "transport," though I've never tried, since everyone I chat with uses Jabber as well. -- Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message