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    how to: video chat, pidgin, google mail

    When one tries to connect to google chat, something happens which may throw people "off".

    One sees a kind of coloured "V" and the letters XMPP. That is just the "protocol" for video and voice chat.

    The connection to google chat is simple but there are a couple of "blanks to fill in" that folks may not know what should be in them.

    Basic tab:
    Username: the gmail account name without "gmail.com.
    The domain box will fill itself in automatically.
    Resource is blank
    Password: the gmail password. I ticked "remember password" so things could fiddle around.

    Advanced tab:
    connection security "require encryption"
    tsllow plaintext auth over unencrypted streams SHOULD BE TICKED
    connect port(for me) is 5222

    This is the little known part:
    For the Connect server window enter the following:

    talk.google.com

    File transfer protocol will already be filled in with: [roxy.eu.jabber.org

    The proxy has "use globalproxysettings"

    video does not have "use silence supression" ticked.

    DO NOT...tick "create this new account on the server."

    Hope this helps a little.

    woodsmoke
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