Re: [debian-user] Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-20 Thread Rüdiger Kuhlmann
splay only garbage when receiving such a message), and a command to peek whether someone is offline or just hiding. It also has better debugging capabilities than any other ICQ client. However, if you're in need of MSN/Yahoo/AIM/other protocols, those aren't supported... :-/ Yours,

Re: [debian-user] Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-20 Thread Rüdiger Kuhlmann
>--[Meir Kriheli]--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tuesday 12 November 2002 18:52, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: > I use sim-icq. It's really good, supports version 8 of ICQ protocol (ICQ 2001) > with lots of other features as well. It is a qt/kde app, and they have a deb > for download in the downloads se

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-20 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:27:19PM -0500, Edward Guldemond insinuated: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:03:18PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > ;) no really though, thanks. give me text over gui any day! > > (dude, whoever thought that phrase would pass my lips ...) > > > > And should you need to move

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-19 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:03:18PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > ;) no really though, thanks. give me text over gui any day! (dude, > whoever thought that phrase would pass my lips ...) > And should you need to move to X, I hear that 'screen' works well in xterm/kterm/gnome-terminal/eterm...

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-19 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Tue, 19 Nov 2002 02:28:58PM -0600, Michael Heironimus insinuated: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 02:24:26PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > now, after all of that, i have centericq v4.8.4 up and running, and > > it's still buggy. the AIM protocol hates me: > > > anyone have any suggestions? > > I

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-19 Thread Michael Heironimus
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 02:24:26PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > now, after all of that, i have centericq v4.8.4 up and running, and > it's still buggy. the AIM protocol hates me: > anyone have any suggestions? I suggest trying the current version (4.8.7) instead of that old one. There may or m

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-19 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:44:23AM -0500, Nori Heikkinen insinuated: > on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:37:34PM +, Colin Watson insinuated: > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 05:31:04PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > > okay, this is good to know. i guess then my /etc/apt/sources.list is > > > borked? because i

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:44:23AM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > wa-hoo! of course ... didn't even think to look there. changed to > 644 (btw, can anyone enlighten me on specifying the first bit (*0*644) > all the time? i never have, and haven't had any problems), and all > works. Cool. As fo

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-19 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:37:34PM +, Colin Watson insinuated: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 05:31:04PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > okay, this is good to know. i guess then my /etc/apt/sources.list is > > borked? because i get this every time: > > > > orange:~> apt-get source centericq -t unsta

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 05:31:04PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 05:04:38PM -0500, Stephen Gran insinuated: > > apt-get install won't let you do it as a user, but apt-get source will > > download the source - this is because you're not actually installing > > anything to the sy

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 05:04:38PM -0500, Stephen Gran insinuated: > This one time, at band camp, Nori Heikkinen said: > > on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:49:36PM +, Colin Watson insinuated: > > > Firstly, don't be in / when grabbing source packages. :) You don't > > > need to be root, either. > > > > well

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Nori Heikkinen said: > on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:49:36PM +, Colin Watson insinuated: > > Firstly, don't be in / when grabbing source packages. :) You don't > > need to be root, either. > > well, i have needed to be of late, and just haven't worried about it > recently

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 04:35:39PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:49:36PM +, Colin Watson insinuated: > > Firstly, don't be in / when grabbing source packages. :) You don't > > need to be root, either. > > well, i have needed to be of late, and just haven't worried about

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:49:36PM +, Colin Watson insinuated: > Firstly, don't be in / when grabbing source packages. :) You don't > need to be root, either. well, i have needed to be of late, and just haven't worried about it recently ... whenever i try to run apt as myself, i get the following:

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 03:32:01PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 03:14:38PM -0500, Edward Guldemond insinuated: > > Download the latest source package with "apt-get source centericq" > > from unstable > > okay, got thus far ... > > > and roll it with "dpkg-buildpackage -us -

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 03:42:25PM -0500, Stephen Gran insinuated: > You have to be in the top level directory of the source, so for > centericq from unstable, that would be centericq-4.8.7, I'm > guessing. pardon the ignorance, but where's the "top level directory" for centericq-4.8.7? > No need t

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Nori Heikkinen said: > on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 03:14:38PM -0500, Edward Guldemond insinuated: > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:02:14PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > > however, as i pointed out in an earlier thread, i've never gotten it > > > to work right with the AIM prot

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 03:14:38PM -0500, Edward Guldemond insinuated: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:02:14PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > however, as i pointed out in an earlier thread, i've never gotten it > > to work right with the AIM protocol. sean, if you get it working, > > want to come look

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:02:14PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > however, as i pointed out in an earlier thread, i've never gotten it > to work right with the AIM protocol. sean, if you get it working, > want to come look at mine? :) > > Download the latest source package with "apt-get source

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread ninewands
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 12:34:40PM -0500, sean finney wrote: > what i'm most interested in is a text-only aim clone though. gaim is > nice and all, but on my desktop it's aesthetically horrible with all > those big fonts and buttons (which can be reduced somewhat, but not > completely). also, bec

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 01:57:54PM -0500, Edward Guldemond insinuated: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 12:34:40PM -0500, sean finney wrote: > > what i'm most interested in is a text-only aim clone though. gaim > > is nice and all, but on my desktop it's aesthetically horrible > > with all those big fonts an

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 12:34:40PM -0500, sean finney wrote: > what i'm most interested in is a text-only aim clone though. gaim is > nice and all, but on my desktop it's aesthetically horrible with all > those big fonts and buttons (which can be reduced somewhat, but not > completely). also, bec

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread sean finney
heli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tuesday 12 November 2002 18:52, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > What is the best/most useful ICQ client in your opinion? I've > > > checked out gaim, licq & kicq2. Is there any

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread Pontus Edvardsson
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:44:43 + Meir Kriheli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 12 November 2002 18:52, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > What is the best/most useful ICQ client in your opinion? I've > > checked out gaim, licq & kicq2.

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-17 Thread Meir Kriheli
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 18:52, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: > Hi all, > > What is the best/most useful ICQ client in your opinion? I've checked out > gaim, licq & kicq2. Is there any better ones, with closer resemblance the > original windows client? > > Thanks in ad

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-13 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 04:49:49PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > Have you found a decent, free jabber server out there that supports MSN > and ICQ properly? The ones I've tried all seem to have either flakey > (at best) ICQ support or no MSN support (yes, some of my friends are > lame;). The Debian p

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-13 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Rob" == Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rob> Have you found a decent, free jabber server out there that supports Rob> MSN and ICQ properly? The ones I've tried all seem to have either Rob> flakey (at best) ICQ support or no MSN support (yes, some of my Rob> friends are lame;). Jabber

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-12 Thread hiranokazunari
Thanks for your kindness. (B (BK.H. (B (BJeremy Nickurak wrote: (B (B>http://www.jabber.org/user/publicservers.php (B> (B>There's several in that list, if you weren't aware of it by now. (B> (B>That said, it's relatively easy to operate your own server, although (B>you'll need a fully qu

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-12 Thread Jeremy Nickurak
http://www.jabber.org/user/publicservers.php There's several in that list, if you weren't aware of it by now. That said, it's relatively easy to operate your own server, although you'll need a fully qualified domain name if you want your server to be able to talk to other servers. On Tue, 2002-

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-12 Thread hiranokazunari
> (B> (B>Have you found a decent, free jabber server out there that supports MSN (B>and ICQ properly? The ones I've tried all seem to have either flakey (B>(at best) ICQ support or no MSN support (yes, some of my friends are (B>lame;). (B> (B> (BNot yet. Please tell me what it is and a U

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-12 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 02:11:32PM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 07:52:30PM +0100, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: > > > What is the best/most useful ICQ client in your opinion? I've checked out > > gaim, licq & kicq2. Is there any better ones,

Re: [debian-user] Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-12 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:25:30PM +0100, Rüdiger Kuhlmann insinuated: > For a terminal ICQ, try mICQ (the cvs version even has support for > UTF8 messages, the first OSS ICQ client doing so). Or centericq if > you depend on multiple protocols. heh. i got centericq because i wanted ICQ a

THANKS! I've made my choice... was [Re: Which ICQ Client is better?]

2002-11-12 Thread Pontus Edvardsson
Thanks everyone that responded! I've looked at the ones I did'nt know about and despite all, my choice fell on gaim since it's greater capabilities, ie multiple protocols and such. Pontus On Tuesday 12 November 2002 19.52, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: > Hi all, > > What is

Re: [debian-user] Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-12 Thread Rüdiger Kuhlmann
>--[Paul Johnson]--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 07:52:30PM +0100, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: > > What is the best/most useful ICQ client in your opinion? I've checked out > > gaim, licq & kicq2. Is there any better ones, with closer resemblance

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-12 Thread burningclown
i've enjoyed using centericq - but i like curses-style interfaces. On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 07:52:30PM +0100, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: > > > What is the best/most useful ICQ client in your opinion? I've checked out >

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-12 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 07:52:30PM +0100, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: > What is the best/most useful ICQ client in your opinion? I've checked out > gaim, licq & kicq2. Is there any better ones, with closer resemblance the > original windows client? In my experience GnomeICU tend

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-12 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-11-12T18:52:30Z, Pontus Edvardsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is the best/most useful ICQ client in your opinion? I've checked out > gaim, licq & kicq2. I like GAIM, mainly for its ability to support many different IM systems. I have one ICQ, two AIM, a

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-12 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 07:52:30PM +0100, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: > What is the best/most useful ICQ client in your opinion? I've checked out > gaim, licq & kicq2. Is there any better ones, with closer resemblance the > original windows client? My personal favorite is centeri

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-12 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 07:52:30PM +0100, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: > What is the best/most useful ICQ client in your opinion? I've checked out > gaim, licq & kicq2. Is there any better ones, with closer resemblance the > original windows client? I think licq is the best

Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-12 Thread Pontus Edvardsson
Hi all, What is the best/most useful ICQ client in your opinion? I've checked out gaim, licq & kicq2. Is there any better ones, with closer resemblance the original windows client? Thanks in advance, Pontus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &qu

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-24 Thread Matthew Sackman
; again on client startup... this is a problem when you have 20+ > messages that come in everytime you start your ICQ client). > > I'm considering installing WINE and trying to get the Windows ICQ client > to work, but that seems both iffy, and difficult, since I don't have a &

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-24 Thread Chris Halls
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 02:42:51PM +0100, Petter Isaksson wrote: > Randy Orrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The problem that I've had with every ICQ client I've tried is that they > > keep my demand dialed ppp connection alive -- is there one that will >

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-22 Thread Mark Ferlatte
On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 03:33:46PM +0100, Alex the Koala wrote (0.54): > add my two cents here: try using gaim *without* the ICQ plugin. ICQ2000b > just runs the AOL protocol which gaim handles well. Set protocol to > Oscar, auth host login.icq.com on port 5190. I'll have to keep this in mind for

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-22 Thread Alex the Koala
ns get delivered > > again on client startup... this is a problem when you have 20+ > > messages that come in everytime you start your ICQ client). > > I've had that problem for a while now, but I just grabbed licq 1.0.4 > from unstable and it seems to fix that problem nic

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-22 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Rob Weir wrote: > The thing to remember tho, is that this is AOLs fault; they keep > updating the protocol in (what seems to be) a non-backward compatible > fashion. Gotta love flag-day updates... > Arggghhh, have you seen the recent version of Mirabilis ICQ? It's not > the

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-22 Thread Rob Weir
; again on client startup... this is a problem when you have 20+ > messages that come in everytime you start your ICQ client). I've had that problem for a while now, but I just grabbed licq 1.0.4 from unstable and it seems to fix that problem nicely. Apparently 1.0.4 will be the last versio

RE: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Jeff Bonner
this is a problem when you have 20+ messages that come in > > everytime you start your ICQ client). > > This is not a bug with licq, this is a problem with AOL. AOL > is attempting to kill ICQ off by making it as unreliable as > possible. Annoy AOL if this bothers you. That&

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Simon Law
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:13:09AM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson insinuated: > > > > What exactly is ytalk? > > version of it. scrolls text instead of wrapping it; doesn't show > random old english and runic characters for delete symbols on another > termi

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:13:09AM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson insinuated: > On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > > oh, i am a talk *geek*, and use it all the time on my school's student > > server. it's how i kept in touch with half my friends who were abroad > > this past semester! (ytal

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Petter Isaksson
Randy Orrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The problem that I've had with every ICQ client I've tried is that they > keep my demand dialed ppp connection alive -- is there one that will The problem here is that the icq-client needs to send keep-alive packets (every 9

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Pete Ryland
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 12:19:12AM -0500, dman wrote: > (FWIW UNIX had the first IM called 'talk', too bad I never see it used > anymore (in fact, I can't get it to work at school)) What about write(1)? That came before talk didn't it? And is more similar to an IM IMO. :) Pete

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Erik Andreas Fjogstad Brandstadmoen wrote: > Why not go for the original ICQ? For Java, that is. Works nicely. > http://www.icq.com/download/ftp-java.html Other than it's bloated, resource intensive, slow and buggy? -- Baloo

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Sven Hoexter wrote: > I've build a licq CVS Snapshot a few days ago and it works very well. > It supports the new protocol, has a little bit modified QT plugin etc. I've seen the new QT plugin, it seems to be in unstable, but licq is still flaking on ICQ. -- Baloo

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, dman wrote: > Doesn't [y]talk allow communicating with remote machines as well? Yes. -- Baloo

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 03:05:54AM -0500, Brian Clark wrote: > * Benjamin Sommerfeld ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Jan 18. 2002 02:59]: > > They changed the protocol in their new Windows Client so none of the > > old clients is usable and there's no open source implementation of the > > new protocol out ye

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Benjamin Sommerfeld
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Brian Clark wrote: > * Benjamin Sommerfeld ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Jan 18. 2002 02:59]: > > > The only possability to use ICQ these days in Linux is by using a ICQ > > Java applet on the ICQ page. http://lite.icq.com > > > They changed the protocol in their new Windows Client s

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > oh, i am a talk *geek*, and use it all the time on my school's student > server. it's how i kept in touch with half my friends who were abroad > this past semester! (ytalk's even better.) What exactly is ytalk? -- Baloo

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > Not suprised that it's not used much anymore, though... not too many > multi-user Unix shell hosts left around. I'm lucky to have accounts on > a couple with large enough user-bases for old school Unix communication > tools to still be useful. I really

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, dman wrote: > Sometimes it is more convenient, and other times it isn't. > (FWIW UNIX had the first IM called 'talk', too bad I never see it used > anymore (in fact, I can't get it to work at school)) Talk and write. These aren't as effective since it helps to finger to see

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Benjamin Sommerfeld
ges from previous sessions get delivered > > again on client startup... this is a problem when you have 20+ > > messages that come in everytime you start your ICQ client). > > Why not go for the original ICQ? For Java, that is. Works nicely. > http://www.icq.com/download/ftp-j

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Brian Clark
* Benjamin Sommerfeld ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Jan 18. 2002 02:59]: > The only possability to use ICQ these days in Linux is by using a ICQ > Java applet on the ICQ page. http://lite.icq.com > They changed the protocol in their new Windows Client so none of the > old clients is usable and there's no

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Erik Andreas Fjogstad Brandstadmoen
problem when you have 20+ > messages that come in everytime you start your ICQ client). Why not go for the original ICQ? For Java, that is. Works nicely. http://www.icq.com/download/ftp-java.html Erik. | Erik Brandstadmoen | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[EMA

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Benjamin Sommerfeld wrote: > The only possability to use ICQ these days in Linux is by using a ICQ Java > applet on the ICQ page. http://lite.icq.com I'm still using ICQ with the old client, just not reliably. > They changed the protocol in their new Windows Client so none o

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Benjamin Sommerfeld
s anyone out there use ICQ under Debian? So far I've tried licq and > > gaim with the ICQ plugin, and both of them have very annoying problems > > (messages get lost, or messages from previous sessions get delivered > > again on client startup... this is a problem when you have 20+

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread Randy Orrison
problem. The problem that I've had with every ICQ client I've tried is that they keep my demand dialed ppp connection alive -- is there one that will allow me to specify how often to connect (so I can make it longer than my ppp idle disconnect time), and configure it not to connect if the connection is down? Randy

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-18 Thread dman
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 11:40:37PM -0600, Nori Heikkinen wrote: | on Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:19:12AM -0500, dman insinuated: | > Sometimes it is more convenient, and other times it isn't. (FWIW | > UNIX had the first IM called 'talk', too bad I never see it used | > anymore (in fact, I can't get it to

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:19:12AM -0500, dman insinuated: > Sometimes it is more convenient, and other times it isn't. (FWIW > UNIX had the first IM called 'talk', too bad I never see it used > anymore (in fact, I can't get it to work at school)) oh, i am a talk *geek*, and use it all the time on my

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread Brian Clark
* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Jan 18. 2002 00:12]: > On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 07:51:58PM -0800, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > | I never understood the appeal of an IM, other than it tells you if > | someone's online. Email always seemed to be plenty fast enough, and a > | lot easier to deal with. [...]

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread Brian Clark
from previous sessions get > >delivered again on client startup... this is a problem when you have > >20+ messages that come in everytime you start your ICQ client). [...] > I used to use centericq, it is a console app, and I think it's quite > nice. I have to second that. If you&

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread Mark Ferlatte
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 12:19:12AM -0500, dman wrote (1.00): > (FWIW UNIX had the first IM called 'talk', too bad I never see it used > anymore (in fact, I can't get it to work at school)) Heh. I use talk all the time, but it's different from IM's... (although I guess the "chat mode" of ICQ, etc

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread dman
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 07:51:58PM -0800, Mark Ferlatte wrote: | I never understood the appeal of an IM, other than it tells you if | someone's online. Email always seemed to be plenty fast enough, and a | lot easier to deal with. Emails are better for asynchronous communication. I write a lot

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Thu, 17 Jan 2002 07:51:58PM -0800, Mark Ferlatte insinuated: > I never understood the appeal of an IM, other than it tells you if > someone's online. Email always seemed to be plenty fast enough, and > a lot easier to deal with. different medium, different mode of communication. i have differ

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread Mark Ferlatte
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:56:32PM -0600, Colin Watson wrote (0.50): > Any client that hasn't been updated yet to use the new protocol will > have this problem. Some updates are in progress in Debian unstable. I've been using GnomeICU for the last 4 hours, and it hasn't had the repeated messages p

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread Colin Watson
; again on client startup... this is a problem when you have 20+ > messages that come in everytime you start your ICQ client). Any client that hasn't been updated yet to use the new protocol will have this problem. Some updates are in progress in Debian un

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread Mark Ferlatte
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 07:45:37PM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote (0.44): > This is not a bug with licq, this is a problem with AOL. AOL is > attempting to kill ICQ off by making it as unreliable as possible. > Annoy AOL if this bothers you. Doesn't bother me in the slightest... I'm only using

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, dman wrote: > | I'm considering installing WINE and trying to get the Windows ICQ client > > Ugh! That client is really really ugly. And it wouldn't solve the mis-sends and duplicate messages...my roommate across the hall and a buddy of mine across town b

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
rtup... this is a problem when you have 20+ > messages that come in everytime you start your ICQ client). This is not a bug with licq, this is a problem with AOL. AOL is attempting to kill ICQ off by making it as unreliable as possible. Annoy AOL if this bothers you. > Suggestions would

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Fri, 18 Jan 2002 01:11:52AM +0100, marTin insinuated: > nori, wanna help? love to. give me a few days to get my life packed up, across the country, and back to the wired world, and then i'll go wild. :) -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>--

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread darrell
nice. I used to use GnomeICU (and gaim for aim) which is also pretty. Nice panel applet too. | I'm considering installing WINE and trying to get the Windows ICQ client Ugh! That client is really really ugly. -D i am using imici http://www.imici.com/, on debian woody - stable , had t

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread David Gardi
ve 20+ messages that come in everytime you start your ICQ client). I'm considering installing WINE and trying to get the Windows ICQ client to work, but that seems both iffy, and difficult, since I don't have a Windows machine anymore to steal DLL's from (although I do have a Win98 CD,

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread Baris Hasdemir
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 15:56:46 -0800 Mark Ferlatte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone out there use ICQ under Debian? So far I've tried licq and > gaim with the ICQ plugin, and both of them have very annoying problems > <...> I am using gaim 0.50 on slackware, I don't think that it wont work

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread John Griffiths
At 04:22 PM 1/17/02 -0800, Mark Ferlatte wrote: >On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 07:27:39PM -0500, dman wrote (1.00): >> | I'm considering installing WINE and trying to get the Windows ICQ client >> >> Ugh! That client is really really ugly. > >I don't care so much

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread Mark Ferlatte
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 07:27:39PM -0500, dman wrote (1.00): > | I'm considering installing WINE and trying to get the Windows ICQ client > > Ugh! That client is really really ugly. I don't care so much about how ugly it is, I just need it to work well. I'm current

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread dman
U (and gaim for aim) which is also pretty. Nice panel applet too. | I'm considering installing WINE and trying to get the Windows ICQ client Ugh! That client is really really ugly. -D -- If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar and His Word has no place in our lives. I John 1:10

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread John Griffiths
> > fishbowl:~> apt-cache search icq >- centericq - A text-mode icq client based on ncurses >X everybuddy - An all in one messaging client >X gaim - GPL clone of AOL Instant Messenger - GTK version >D gnomeicu - Small, fast and functional clone of Mirabilis' ICQ

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread martin f krafft
delivered > again on client startup... this is a problem when you have 20+ > messages that come in everytime you start your ICQ client). yes, i have the same problems with licq. let's go find a new one together, shall we? i do want a graphical one though that can stick nicely in one

Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread John Griffiths
> >Suggestions would be very welcome at this point. Unfortunately, the >suggestion to drop ICQ for another IM is not feasible, due to the >infamous Circumstances Beyond My Control (tm). > >Thanks for any help, > >M Gnome ICU did everything I wanted and more, been a year since I used it though

Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

2002-01-17 Thread Mark Ferlatte
me in everytime you start your ICQ client). I'm considering installing WINE and trying to get the Windows ICQ client to work, but that seems both iffy, and difficult, since I don't have a Windows machine anymore to steal DLL's from (although I do have a Win98 CD, so I may be able to

Re: working icq client for debian?

2001-11-27 Thread Peter De Wachter
On 20 Nov 2001, Andreas Leitner wrote: > On Tue, 2001-11-20 at 16:09, David Roundy wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 05:42:50AM +0100, Andreas Leitner wrote: > > > > > > Or is there some other icq client in debian that supports the new > > > protocol? >

Re: working icq client for debian?

2001-11-20 Thread adcarlson
Its interesting that I've observed a lot complain about this...to my knowledge there are often problems in sending through the ICQ server as opposed to directly (when using LICQ for instance). I've never heard of any problems where a Windows client totally refuses messages from a Linux

Re: working icq client for debian?

2001-11-20 Thread Dmitriy
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 06:01:44PM +0100, Andreas Leitner wrote: > On Tue, 2001-11-20 at 07:45, Dmitriy wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 05:42:50AM +0100, Andreas Leitner wrote: [snip] > Yes - thanks alot, I got it working now. Although I also played with > ickle. There is no .deb for it yet and

Re: working icq client for debian?

2001-11-20 Thread Andreas Leitner
On Tue, 2001-11-20 at 07:45, Dmitriy wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 05:42:50AM +0100, Andreas Leitner wrote: > > > [snip] > > > > I have heard rumors that gaim supports the new icq protocl, but when i > > start it up, i get to the logon screen and am promted for a AOL IM user > > name + password

Re: working icq client for debian?

2001-11-20 Thread Andreas Leitner
On Tue, 2001-11-20 at 16:09, David Roundy wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 05:42:50AM +0100, Andreas Leitner wrote: > > > > Or is there some other icq client in debian that supports the new > > protocol? > > I've been using licq without any problems. I am pretty

Re: working icq client for debian?

2001-11-20 Thread David Roundy
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 05:42:50AM +0100, Andreas Leitner wrote: > > Or is there some other icq client in debian that supports the new > protocol? I've been using licq without any problems. -- David Roundy http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/

Re: working icq client for debian?

2001-11-20 Thread Dmitriy
tically. I hope that helps. > Or is there some other icq client in debian that supports the new > protocol? > > > tia, > Andreas > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

working icq client for debian?

2001-11-19 Thread Andreas Leitner
Hi, I am looking for a working ICQ client in debian. gnomicu (which i have been using till now) does not work well together with the new icq servers. they are working on implementing the new (v7 or so) protocol, but it might take some time until they are done. I have heard rumors that gaim

Re: Stable ICQ client in debian

2001-11-12 Thread Christoph Simon
time. Can someone recommand some stable ICQ > > client to me running under Gnome. thanx. > > apt-get install licq I have licq and suffer the same. The problem is at the other end. It also seems that windows client 2001b blocks all others with older protocols. DNAT'ting direct connections w

Re: Stable ICQ client in debian

2001-11-12 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: > I am using GnomeICU and find out that it is very unstable. It > drop message a lot of the time. Can someone recommand some stable ICQ > client to me running under Gnome. thanx. apt-get install licq -- Baloo

RE: ICQ client

1999-08-29 Thread B. Szyszka
> This may be an FAQ, and I apologize if it is. Does anyone have any > suggestions for a good Linux ICQ client? I want to get rid of my old Win98 > box, but I keep it around for just that one thing. Please keep me CC'd, as I > don't subscribe to this list. Thanks. A great si

Re: ICQ client

1999-08-29 Thread William T Wilson
On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Nathan Sandver wrote: > This may be an FAQ, and I apologize if it is. Does anyone have any > suggestions for a good Linux ICQ client? I want to get rid of my old I use MICQ. It's public domain and the latest version (0.3.4) is almost even stable - at least when i

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