Google Talk

[Joshua Ronne Altemoos]

I found this interesting. Google now has a chat network. It is called Google
Talk. If you have Gaim or any other jabber client and a gmail.com account
you can use it. It is ssl and you add contacts by there e-mail like MSN.

How to set it up with GAIM on Windows/Linux, :
1. Add an account, select "Jabber" as the protocol.
2. Your screen name is everything before the '@gmail.com'.
3. Server is 'gmail.com'.
4. Click "show more options" and make sure "use TLS if available" is
checked. Leave "Force old SSL" and "allow plaintext..." unchecked for now.
Connection port should be 5222, connection server should be
'talk.google.com' without the quotes.
5. Just login and you should be good-to-go.

I have gotten in just fine. Just thought someone would want to know.

Josh