ichat help

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ichat help

hi, im not quite used to i chat yet and im trying to use it to its full extent and i need some help!

Can you only use a AIM or .Mac acount on ichat?

i mostly use a hotmail acount, is there any way i can use it with ichat ?

whats jabber? is it so you can use other e-mail adresses like hotmail?

can i use the server to connect with hotmail?

help me please!

macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Sep 23, 2006 2:39 AM

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Defcom-UK

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Sep 23, 2006 2:45 AM in response to zime

Hi Zime

You can text only with MSN in iChat with jabber see http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1028156

Also Have a look at aMSN http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14200

And Mercury http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14970 For video.

Tony

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zime Author

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Sep 23, 2006 2:54 AM in response to zime

no offence but it all looks very complicated, is there no easier way?
whats psi ?!?!?!?

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Defcom-UK

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Sep 23, 2006 2:57 AM in response to zime

Sorry no easy way round it.

Psi http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16827

Instuctions here http://allforces.com/2005/05/06/ichat-to-msn-through-jabber/ to setup

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zime Author

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Sep 23, 2006 6:17 AM in response to zime

it didn't work! i did the whole thing and i whent to psi and it started to upload all my contacts, then they were all blinking so i athorised them all. but it shows them all as offline!
dos it matter that im in uk
should i have entered a uk server instaed of the njs.netlab.cz?
on ichat it says waiting for autoriseation or not autorised?

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