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         6.7.  Can I send SMS messages?
         6.8.  Can I add SMS numbers to my buddy list?
         6.9.  I heard AOL is combining ICQ and AIM, does that mean I can send
               a message from an AIM account to an ICQ account and vice-versa?
         6.10. Why can't I connect via either Oscar or TOC?
               English is not my native language, and some of my friends have
         6.11. trouble seeing my IMs/I have trouble seeing my friends' IMs. How
               do I use a native language character set with ICQ?

7. IRC Protocol

         7.1. How do I join a channel with the IRC plugin?
         7.2. Is there a way to make Gaim automatically identify me and/or join
              IRC chats on login?

8. Jabber Protocol

         8.1. How do I choose which Jabber server to use?
         8.2. How do I change my Jabber resource to be other than the default

      native language character set with ICQ?
 
  Gaim 0.82 and higher allow you to specify a character encoding to use when
  conversing with ICQ users. Use the account editor to set this encoding.

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7.1  How do I join a channel with the IRC plugin?

  Yes. Add NickServ to your buddy list and place buddy pounces on him/her/it.
  Do not include "/msg nickserv" as part of the message to send.

  In version 0.64 or higher, you can add a chat to your buddy list, right click
  it, and tell Gaim to auto-join it.

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  To get a non-US room list, you'll need to change the Chat Room List Url in
  the account editor, under "Show more options". By default this field contains
  "http://insider.msg.yahoo.com/ycontent/". You can add a country code prefix
  to the url to fetch the list for another country. For example, for the German
  list, you would use "http://de.insider.msg.yahoo.com/ycontent/".

  The list of known country codes for this url is:

    • aa => Asia
    • ar => Argentina

 
  The plugin and perl script API has changed several times, which means plugins
  and perl scripts must be modified in order to work. The plugin or perl script
  must be located in $prefix/lib/gaim/ or in ~/.gaim/plugins/, and must
  implement the new API, as documented by the make docs command from the root
  of the Gaim source code tree. This will generated html documentation in the
  doc/html directory. Also note that plugins and perl scripts are now
  controlled from preferences.

15.4  Where can I find documentation on writing plugins and Perl scripts?
 

  everyone who has submitted patches. ;-)

17.4  Does Gaim support secure instant messaging (encrypted IMs)?
 
  Short answer: Yes, use the SILC protocol.
  Long Answer(for other protocols): Not natively. Doing secure instant
  messaging right is a big deal and requires, among other things, an
  authentication scheme. Simply encrypting your data stream without verifying
  the party with whom you are chatting is not secure in any way; some other
  clients offer options like this, but we feel that such measures instill a
  false sense of security that is more harmful than helpful.

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         6.7.  Can I send SMS messages?
         6.8.  Can I add SMS numbers to my buddy list?
         6.9.  I heard AOL is combining ICQ and AIM, does that mean I can send
               a message from an AIM account to an ICQ account and vice-versa?
         6.10. Why can't I connect via either Oscar or TOC?
         6.11. English is not my native language, and some of my friends have
               trouble seeing my IMs/I have trouble seeing my friends' IMs. How
               do I use a native language character set with ICQ?
         6.12. Can I set myself invisible?

7. IRC Protocol

         7.1. How do I join a channel with the IRC plugin?
         7.2. Is there a way to make Gaim automatically identify me and/or join
              IRC chats on login?
         7.3. Is it possible to change the user name that appears in
              username@hostname?
         7.4. How can I set/change my real name?

8. Jabber Protocol

         8.1. How do I choose which Jabber server to use?
         8.2. How do I change my Jabber resource to be other than the default

      native language character set with ICQ?
 
  Gaim 0.82 and higher allow you to specify a character encoding to use when
  conversing with ICQ users. Use the account editor to set this encoding.

6.12  Can I set myself invisible?

  Yes. Go to Tools->Away->account->Invisible.

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7.1  How do I join a channel with the IRC plugin?

  Yes. Add NickServ to your buddy list and place buddy pounces on him/her/it.
  Do not include "/msg nickserv" as part of the message to send.

  In version 0.64 or higher, you can add a chat to your buddy list, right click
  it, and tell Gaim to auto-join it.

7.3  Is it possible to change the user name that appears in username@hostname?

  Yes. Go to Tools->Accounts. Select your IRC account and click Modify. Expand
  the Show more options section. Enter a name in the Username field.

7.4  How can I set/change my real name?

  Go to Tools->Accounts. Select your IRC account and click modify. Expand the
  Show more options section. Enter a name in the Real name field.

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  To get a non-US room list, you'll need to change the Chat Room List Url in
  the account editor, under "Show more options". By default this field contains
  "http://insider.msg.yahoo.com/ycontent/". You can add a country code prefix
  to the url to fetch the list for another country. For example, for the German
  list, you would use "http://de.insider.msg.yahoo.com/ycontent/".

  This has recently stopped working, we are investigating alternatives.

  The list of known country codes for this url is:

    • aa => Asia
    • ar => Argentina

 
  The plugin and perl script API has changed several times, which means plugins
  and perl scripts must be modified in order to work. The plugin or perl script
  must be located in $prefix/lib/gaim/ or in ~/.gaim/plugins/, and must
  implement the new API, as documented by the make docs command from the root
  of the Gaim source code tree. This will generate html documentation in the
  doc/html directory. Also note that plugins and perl scripts are now
  controlled from preferences.

15.4  Where can I find documentation on writing plugins and Perl scripts?
 

  everyone who has submitted patches. ;-)

17.4  Does Gaim support secure instant messaging (encrypted IMs)?
 
  Short answer: Yes, use the SILC protocol.
  Long Answer (for other protocols): Not natively. Doing secure instant
  messaging right is a big deal and requires, among other things, an
  authentication scheme. Simply encrypting your data stream without verifying
  the party with whom you are chatting is not secure in any way; some other
  clients offer options like this, but we feel that such measures instill a
  false sense of security that is more harmful than helpful.