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Add a buddy list manager for finch. This allows plugins to show the buddylist in 'Online/Offline' grouping, account-specific grouping, no-grouping, or even multi-level grouping. The same can be done for Pidgin. I think it'd be cool if someone does that.
author Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
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1 MySpaceIM Protocol Plugin for Libpurple by Jeff Connelly 20070807
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4 Greetings. This package contains a plugin for libpurple (as used in
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5 Pidgin, formerly Gaim) to connect to the new MySpaceIM instant messaging
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6 network and send/receive messages. Functionality is only basic as of yet,
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7 and this code should be considered alpha quality.
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9 This code was initially developed under Google Summer of Code 2007.
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11 For features and TODO, see http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/MySpaceIM
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13 Windows installation: Unzip the archive to C:\Program Files\Pidgin
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14 Unix/source installation: run "make install"
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16 Usage:
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18 Login using your _email address_ you use to login to myspace.com. You can't
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19 login using your numeric ID or alias.
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21 To test it out, send a message to yourself (by your username or numeric
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22 uid (email not yet supported)) or tom (6221). In either case you should
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23 get a reply. You should also be able to talk to other MySpaceIM users if
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24 you desire. Replies will always be shown as coming from a user's username,
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25 even if you IM by email or userid.
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27 Feedback welcome. You can IM my test account at "msimprpl" if you feel like it.
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29 Enjoy,
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31 msimprpl@xyzzy.cjb.net
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