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seanps999Member
Well, I can’t comment on Trillian Pro, but I can now say that *I* had lots of trouble getting Trillian “basic” (free version) to work with Y: it failed to connect 90% of the time, despite trying all the tricks (using different Y server, re-setting my Y pswd, etc.). It also never showed my friend’s on/offline status correctly. I don’t have any of these problems with the Y client. To be fair, I should say that my friend has had no trouble with Trillian. YMMV, I guess!
seanps999MemberWell, I think I’ve got it figured out. In my IM client app (Trillian), I found that the place to enter my Yahoo account info isn’t in the area (an Explorer-style tree) where other “chat service” info is added. I found it elsewhere, under “Connections”. It seems that I do indeed already have Yahoo Messenger service, as a result of gettting my Yahoo email account a couple of years ago. So I *think* I’m good to go now. The proof will come once my girlfriend is up and running and we’re IM’ing each other via Trillian.
seanps999MemberI’m fairly web-savvy, and I’m a programmer, but I honestly cannot figure out how to add Messenger service to my existing Yahoo account! Do I *already have* Messenger service, automatically, as a result of obtaining a Yahoo email address?!? When I login to my Y account, I don’t see any info pertaining to Messenger.
If I start here http://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.src=pg&.done=http://messenger.yahoo.com/
and then login using my existing “Yahoo ID” and pswd, I’m taken to:
http://messenger.yahoo.com/, which seems to only provide links to download the client app.seanps999MemberThanks for replying! I just canceled a download of the Y client. I poked around Y’s site (I have a Y email address, as a second web-based account), hoping to do what you suggested, but didn’t see any option other than downloading the client. As for friends and family, I’m not sure (as a non-user, I haven’t paid much attention). I know some have AOL for email/ISP, so I assume they have AIM, too. But of the services, Yahoo sounds “cleanest” to me (based mainly on PCMag’s review, I must confess).
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