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A sort of Stealth setting in Gtalk using GAIM

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/a-sort-of-stealth-setting-in-gtalk-using-gaim.53081/

kaustav_geek
kaustav_geek Original post #1
Mar 22, 2007 at 5:23 PM
This might not be a great tip but.. For those of u guys.. who use Gtalk, and want to ignore someone without lettig him know that u'r responding to chat... here's a little observation by me....

You might have noticed that when a person doesn' respond to chat..His status automatically changes to "Idle for chat".. You can't manually set it in Gtalk...But if you use GAIM.. doing this is easy...

1.)Log in to ur Gtalk account using the jabber account.(I hope u know how to do it)
2.)After logging in.... set ur away text for Jabber...to "Idle for chat"

Thats it... now the people in Gtalk will see you as Idle for chat... and even if u don't reply to some.... u can reply the ones you want...

I hope this might help those who care.. ;)..
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ismart #2
Mar 22, 2007 at 5:32 PM
not great but interesting..thanx
kaustav_geek
Mar 22, 2007 at 5:52 PM
Yeah.. As I mentioned.. Its not a great tip... Its just an observation which is interesting... ;)
anantkhaitan
Mar 23, 2007 at 7:29 PM
@Kaustav i must say u seriously i love this trick..thanx

AND
Since there is no gtalk for linux I would like to have a good file transfer kinda thing in GAIM...if any one u can help plz..

I know i m going out of topic but plz help if u can
kaustav_geek
Mar 27, 2007 at 10:55 AM
Thanks.. I too face problems while file transfers in GAIM....
I would like to invite comments from others..
Please share your IM hacks/tips/tricks here
anantkhaitan
May 3, 2007 at 3:05 PM
This may not be a NEWS for many but newbies may like it...
Joining Yahoo Chat Room ->
1> Goto Buddies>Join a Chat
2> Select ur Yahoo account and Fill the 'Room' box
3> Get the List from here *chat.yahoo.com/c/roomlist.html