[TriLUG] Yahoo Instant Messenger - cross platform client suggestions

[William Sutton via TriLUG]

WRT protocols, you could always switch to Jabber and XMPP and keep Pidgin.

There also used to be an IRC <-> IM plugin, but its name escapes me ATM.

William Sutton

On Wed, 24 Aug 2016, Steve Holton via TriLUG wrote:

> From what I understand, Yahoo is changing their message server protocols
> and will be discontinuing the servers which supported 3rd party clients
> (Pidgin) and forcing all users to use the *new* Yahoo client (no Linux
> support).
>
>   - Do I have this story right, or are there details I'm missing?
>
>   - Is there talk about a workaround for Pidgin (or other 3rd party
>   clients) to continue using Yahoo IM?
>
>   - What are the recommended replacement cross-platform (including Linux)
>   clients/protocols if I need to abandon YIM protocol altogether?
>
>
> Thanks for suggestions and feedback.
>
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> Steve Holton
> sph0lt0n at gmail.com
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