On 15-Mar-99 Mark Phillips wrote: > >> P> of the find ICQ clones? I use Licq, but kicq and kxicq are also >> P> good ICQ clones for UNIX and Linux. >> >> My suggestion is gtkicq. Relly nice thing. It is packaged for slink. > > I have just downloaded gtkicq. It asked for registering information > (I haven't used it before), and it appeared to register me --- ie in > "User Info" it says that I have a UIN number, but when I try and > search for my number (or any of my other details), it can't seem to > find it. > > Now it seems I can locate other users, and I've been able to send > messages (haven't yet been able to chat), but other users can't locate > me! What's happening?
I recall this happened to me, so I found a dotfile with ls -al and this dotfile was for gtkicq; It was not *my* ICQ number but that of another person. I removed this record and restarted gtkicq, at which time I was prompted for my own information. I gave my e-mail address when I registered and I got no junk mail. You can remove it after you register, if you wish. I have gotten spams from some of the lists to which I subscribe, but not from ICQ. -- Andrew [PGP5.0 Key ID 0x5EE61C37]
