Pidgin

About

Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time.

Download

Download pidgin from

• pidgin.im

Pidgin with IRC

Once you start pidgin you need to connect to an irc server. We are running an internal irc server so type in the ip address 192.168.168.5. You will also need to enter a Username and password. For your username enter your domain login id and choose a password. Click on save and then close. You are now logged into the internal irc server.

Register your Nick

You should register your nick and to do that choose

Buddies > New instance Message > and type NickServ

A chat session window with NickServ will open. If you type the word help you will see all the options this bot allows.

(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice) NickServ allows you to "register" a nickname and
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice) prevent others from using it.  If the nick is not used
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice) for 30 days, the registration will expire.  The following
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice) commands allow for registration and maintenance of
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice) nicknames; to use them, type /msg NickServ <command>.
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice) For more information on a specific command, type
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice) /msg NickServ help <command>.
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice) 
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice)     REGISTER   Register a nickname
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice)     DROP       Cancel the registration of a nickname
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice)     IDENTIFY   Identify yourself with your password
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice)     ACCESS     Modify the list of authorized addresses
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice)     SET        Set various options for your nickname
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice)     LIST       Display list of nicks matching a pattern
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice)     RECOVER    Kill another user who has taken your nick
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice)     RELEASE    Regain custody of your nick after RECOVER
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice)     GHOST      Kill a ghosted nickname
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice)     INFO       Get information for a nickname
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice)     LINK       Link your nickname to another
(2:18:52 PM) NickServ: (notice)     UNLINK     UnLink your nickname

If you want to register your nick then type:

• /msg nickserv register <password>

Where <password> will be the password you entered in the previous setting. From here on you will always be automatically identified when you enter the server.

Memo Bot

Another bot that we are running on our server is called the memoserv. You can talk to this bot by:

Buddies > New instance Message > and type MemoServ.

A Chat session will open with this bot and you can type help to get the following screen:

(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice) MemoServ is a utility allowing IRC users to send short
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice) messages to other IRC users, whether they are online at
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice) the time or not, or to channels for anyone with autoop
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice) access or higher. Both sender and recipient must have
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice) their nicknames registered with NickServ in order to
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice) send a memo, or if the recipiant is a channel,  it must
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice) be registered with ChanServ.  To use the following
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice) commands, type: /msg MemoServ <command>.  For more
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice) information on a specific command, type:
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice) /msg MemoServ help <command>.
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice) 
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice)     SEND    Send a memo to a nick/channel
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice)     LIST    List all of your or a channel's memos
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice)     READ    Read a memo (or all memos)
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice)     FORWARD Forward a memo to a nick/channel
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice)     REPLY   Reply to a memo by number
(2:19:02 PM) MemoServ: (notice)     DEL     Delete a memo (or all memos)

You can read all the options and use them to leave people messages.

Open Channels

You can create any channel you like. Let's say you want to join a channel called programming.

Buddies > Join Chat > in the channel name type #Programming

This will join you to the programming channel.

Create Buddies

You can create buddies by

Buddies > Add Buddy > type in their domain login.

Now as soon as your buddy logs in, you will see them in your buddies list.

Debug

• pidgin -d > ~/debug.log 2>&1