[ubuntu-in] Configuring Gaim for Gmail - Documentation

[Ravi Shanker]

Hi,
Good work. But there is some  mistakes:
First of all, it should be gtalk or google talk , not Gmail. The brand
gTalk is for the Google Talk things, Gmail is brand for its mail
service. So the title should be Configuring GTalk for Gmail.
Make the configuration tutorial spiced with screenshots.
If you wait a little more, till 19th, I will too contribute to make it
even better with screenshots and illustrations. Right now I am in exams,
the last paper is on 19th May. After that I am free :)


On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 20:32 +0530, Amit K Saha wrote:
> 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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