[ubuntu-in] Configuring Gaim for Gmail - Documentation

[Amit K Saha]

Hi all 

Just prepared a doc to work with Gmail on Gaim. I am putting it up here
as inline text for the review of all the community members :


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Configuring Gaim for Gmail



Contents

1. What is Gaim? 
2. An Introduction to Jabber
3. Confgure Gmail for Gaim




1. What is Gaim?

Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messenger client supporting protocols
like AIM, Yahoo, Jabber, ICQ,IRC among others. The protocol we are
interested in here is Jabber (for reasons which will become clear
shortly)

2. An introduction to Jabber
	
"Jabber is the Linux of Instant Messaging "- says the Jabber homepage
(http://www.jabber.org). It is basically a Open 	Source alternative for
Instant Messaging. To know more about Jabber and its technologies visit
the Jabber overview at 
http://	www.jabber.org/about/overview.shtml. 

To get started using Jabber for Instant Messaging you will need to get a
Jabber account on any of the Jabber servers and then of-course you need
a Jabber client to connect to the server. 

Among the numerous Jabber servers available, the most widely used
(though unknown to most people) is Gmail. Yes, 	Gmail uses Jabber ,
which effectively means that if you have a Gmail account, you just need
to get a Jabber client to get started using Jabber for Instant
Messaging. I just mentioned that Gaim supports Jabber. So Jabber with
Gmail and Gaim, here's how.


3. Confgure Gmail for Gaim

Go to Accounts -> Add Account and then follow the steps :
	
	1. Choose "Jabber" as protocol
	2. In Screen name,fill in your Gmail Account Name ( just the account
name,no @gmail.com)
	3. Server should be filled with gmail.com
	4. Resource ( I am not sure about this, leave the default, works for
me)
	5. Password should be the Gmail password

That is it. Now you can use Gmail chat from Gaim.




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I thought of putting it up on the wiki  at
http://ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Documentation. Should i go ahead?

Comments / Suggestions welcome 

Cheers,
-- 
Amit K Saha
http://amitsaha.in.googlepages.com


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