Google Talk

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Google Talk (Gtalk) is Google's instant messaging client that uses the XMPP (Jabber) protocol, and is a core supported protocol.

Miranda 0.7 (older than 0.7.8) users will need these OpenSSL libraries to enable SSL connections.

Connecting

The following settings can be found in Options->Network->Jabber

  • Username: Your GMail username, not including the domain (@gmail.com)
  • Password: Your GMail password
  • Login Server:
  1. Gmail users not linked to any Google email product, enter gmail.com
  2. Google Mail users, enter googlemail.com
  3. Google Apps users, enter yourdomain.com (the portion of your email address after the @ symbol)
  • Use TLS: Ticked
  • Use SSL: Ticked
  • Port: 5223
  • Note, this Port setting below "Login Server".
  • If the box is greyed out, remove the check from "Manually specify connection host:" to enable it.
  • Manually specify connection host: Ticked
  • If the connection fails, try removing the check from "Manually specify connection host"
  • Host: talk.google.com
  • Port: 5223
  • Keep connection alive: Ticked

See also

Google guide with screenshots for connecting to Google Talk with Miranda.

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