Starting Gaim
You will need to go to each network's respective web
page in order to join.
When you have set up an account:
- Press Gkdial's Connect! button.
- Activate Gaim.
- The Gaim icon appears on the Psion LX panel and the
Login window pops up.
- Tap on the Accounts button and enter the following information:
- -Protocol: the shorthand name for the network e.g.
AIM/ICQ, IRC, Yahoo, MSN etc.
- -Screen name: your screen name.
- -Password: your password which will appear as a series
of asterisks in the dialog box.
- -Alias: your nick name.
- -Remember password: Turn this button on if you want to
log on without entering your password each time.
- -Auto-login: Toggle this button on to instruct Gaim to
automatically log you in.
- -New mail notifications: Turn this button on if you
wish to be notified of new mail in your network inbox.
Note: This only works with networks which provide an
email address.
- Tap the Sign on button to connect to the network.
- The sign on screen will appear telling you that
connection has been established.
- The Buddy List window appears. A ``Buddy'' refers to
your friends or colleagues with whom you wish to
chat.
- To join a chat, select Join a Chat from the Buddies
menu, press Ctrl C or press the Chat button at the
base of the Buddy List window and you can enter
details of the group which you are interested in in
the Join a Chat dialog box.
Note: You will need a list of the chat groups which
your network provides. This may be available on their
web site.
- Chat away taking advantage of Gaim's formatting
capabilities e.g. bold, italic, underline button. To
chat with a Buddy, add them to the Buddy List
although they will need to be online as well.
- When you have finished the chat sesssion, go to Sign
off or Quit on the Buddies menu when you wish to sign
out of a group or quit the application.
- Click on Gkdial's Disconnect button to disconnect
your internet connection.
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