Jabber

Jabber is the kind of preferred network of some goons. Here's how to make yourself an account.

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Instructions for Gaim
Instructions for Adium
Instructions for Miranda
Instructions for Trillian Pro
Jabber-Only Clients

Instructions for Gaim

1. Go to Tools->Accounts.
2. Click "Add".
3. Under "Protocol", choose "Jabber".
4. For "Server", type "bloodyxml.com" (or "jabber.org" if that doesn't work), and for username put your SA username.
5. Enter a password and hit "Register".

Instructions for Adium

Thanks ArmchairMod
1. Go To Adium->Preferences
2. Click Accounts, then the '+'
3. For "Server", type "bloodyxml.com" (or "jabber.org" if that doesn't work), and for username put your preferred username.
4. Enter a password and hit "Register".

Instructions for Miranda

Thanks Taciturn
1. Click on the little wiggly yellow thing, then on "Options".
2. Go to the Jabber thing under the "Network" part of the tree.
3. For "Login server", type "bloodyxml.com" (or "jabber.org" if that doesn't work), and for username put your preferred username.
4. Enter a password and hit "Register new user".

Instructions for Trillian Pro

1. Download the Jabber plugin: http://trillian.cc/downloads/pl_download.php?id=142
2. Jesus, beats the fuck out of me. You paid $30 for this thing, shouldn't you know how to use it?

Jabber-Only Clients

You have your choice of clients:
http://psi.affinix.com - Simple, and the most popular client, but somewhat hard to set up.
http://exodus.jabberstudio.org/ - I find this a little messy.
http://www.tipic.com/tipicim - Pretty-looking.

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