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If you already have a gmail account then you can use this as your Google Talk id. If not (or if you want to keep your existing gmail account separate from your EXO work) then signing up for a new id is simple. First sign up using fill in the form at:
https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount?service=talk
you can use any existing e-mail address to sign-up, such as your SLAC address. Once you fill in the form you will be taken to the Google Talk home page but there is no need to download the Google Talk client. Once you fill in the form you will receive an e-mail at the e-mail address you gave, which will contain a link you must click on to complete your account creation.
Don't forget to add your new account to the table above so other EXO collaborators can find you. You Google Talk id is the e-mail address you signed up with.
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There are many instant messaging clients and many instant messaging protocols (aim, icq, yahoo, etc). Fortunately many clients can now speak multiple protocols, and there are also bridges between different networks, so interoperability is becoming less of a problem.
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On SLAC Linux Pidgin is pre-installed in /usr/bin/pidgin, so you should be able to start it simply by issueing issuing the command:
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If you do not already have pidgin installed you can download it from:
Once you have started Pidgin you can add your GoogleTalk account by selecting Accounts, Manage from the menu, then click Add and select Google Talk as the protocol, and fill in your screen name your username (the part of your Google Talk id before the @), your domain (the part of your Google Talk id after the @) and password:
To be able to see other EXO users you must add them as "Buddies", from the main menu select Buddies, Add Buddy, then fill in the form:
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