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CHENG Gao <chenggao@gmail.com> writes:

> *On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:00:15 +0100 * Mathias Dahl
> <brakjoller@gmail.com> climbed out of the dark hell and cried out:
>
>
>> What was it that you didn't find in the manual? That you can use it to
>> chat with MSN/ICQ-friends or how to do it?
>>
>> I should also say that jabber.el itself does not handle the MSN/ICQ
>> protocols, the jabber server does this.
>
> You know I had no idea about Jabber until recently. I dont like
> online chat.  But with your instruction, I visited jabber.org and
> then followed link to xmpp.net and found info about jabber.se. I
> understood that I need a server with msn transport, and jabber.se
> has this gateway. So I registered there and added msn to
> transport. Now I can chat with jabber.el.

Cool! Not all jabber newbies suceed as fast as you did :)

> What I mean is jabber manual should mention that with server support
> it can be used to chat with msn/yim/icq etc. You know for a jabber
> newbie like me, if there is no mentioning of this capability, we may
> turn around and go to other apps or sit at the corner of some street
> and cry our hearts out.

I am sure Magnus will see this and react accordingly... :)

> Anyway thanks, I can chat within Emacs now.

...and the world was a better place...