[KappaWing]

Needs to connect to:

-MSN/WLM
-Gtalk
-AIM
-Yahoo

Any suggestions?

[Tyrian]

Trillian.  It'll do everything except GTalk (which I've never heard of).

[KappaWing]

Gtalk = Google Talk.

Yeah I know about trillion but I need to have Gtalk covered.

[Unknown Target]

Pidgin's good, and it has GTalk. Much more stable than it used to be, although it does still have some problems (not large).

[achtung]

I use Pidgin exclusively anymore.

[Nuke]

i use pidgin as well. it has fewer bugs than trillian.

[jr2]

Pidgin & Miranda IM

[karajorma]

Pidgen didn't impress me when I tried it earlier this week. It crashed once on install and then again as soon as I added an account.

[TrashMan]

I use Trillins.. It's friggin SWEET

[jr2]

Pidgen didn't impress me when I tried it earlier this week. It crashed once on install and then again as soon as I added an account.

  Hmm.  Strange.  Never had it crash on me.. but I'm using version 2.2.0 .  You probably got 2.2.1?

[karajorma]

I got whichever one is on their homepage.

[jr2]

Ah, I see that perhaps it was 2.2.0 that crashed on you... I don't have MSN ppl nudge me much.

Pidgin Security Advisory
Title   MSN Remote "Nudge" DoS
Date   27 September 2007
CVE Name   CVE-2007-4996
Discovered By   Evan Schoenberg
Summary   MSN nudges sent from unknown buddies can cause libpurple 2.2.0 to crash
Description   A remote MSN user that is not on the buddy list can cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a nudge message. The protocol plugin attempts to look up the buddy's information and accesses an invalid memory location if the user is not on the buddy list. This only affects libpurple version 2.2.0, older versions are not affected.
Fixed in Version   2.2.1
Fix   The nudge functionality in the MSN protocol has been rewritten to avoid an unnecessary lookup of buddy information.

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You are using Pidgin version 2.2.0.  The current version is 2.2.1.  You can get it from http://pidgin.im/

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ChangeLog:
version 2.2.1 (09/29/2007):
   http://developer.pidgin.im/query?status=closed&milestone=2.2.1
      NOTE: Due to the backporting that happened for the actual
            release, it is possible bugs marked as fixed in 2.2.1
            will not be fixed until 2.2.2.

   libpurple:
   * A few build issues on Solaris were fixed.
   * Cancelling the password prompt for an account will no longer leave
     it in an ambiguous state.  (It will be disabled.)
   * Fixed an erroneous size display for MSN file transfers. (galt)
   * Fixed multiple memory leaks, particularly in XMPP and MySpace
     protocols
   * Fixed remembering proxy preferences and status scores
   * Gmail notifications are better tracked

   Pidgin:
   * Fixed keyboard tab reordering to move tabs one step instead of two.
   * You should no longer lose proxy settings when Pidgin is restarted.
   * Fixed detection of X11 when compiling

   Finch:
   * Pressing 'Insert' in the buddylist will bring up the 'Add Buddy'
     dialog.