>>>>> Jay Kline [Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 10:44:05PM -0600]: > I used to use Everybuddy all the time, but found it was just not very stable > yet. I like the concept, but it will be a while before I try it again. You > should try Gaim. I am using v0.11pre15 (they have made many new releases > since then) and I almost never have any troubles with it (except when MSN > decides to act up). Gaim works off a plug-in idea, making it easy to > add/remove protocols. The only trouble is the orginzation it a little harder > when you have some people with multiple accounts, but nothing unbarable. > > http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ I'll second that, everybuddy has always randomly crashed on me, whilst gaim remains running like a champ. Gaim seems to also be much further along in development, and has implemented more features for each protocol than everybuddy has (especially aim). -- timothy r. lupfer tl at assimilated.org Familiarity breeds contempt--and children. -- Mark Twain