Difference between revisions of "Adium Chat Client for Mac OSX"

Revision as of 13:26, 30 June 2009

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Add a new Account

1. Download and install Adium
2. Launch Adium and add a jabber account by going File > Add Account > Jabber
3. Enter your JabberID = your_evergreen_login@pink.evergreen.edu Figure 1
4. Enter your password = your evergreen password
5. Click Register new Account
6. Below are additional steps you may or may not need make. Note: you may encounter error messages during this process, click through them as they should not inhibit the registration process
   • Enter your XMPP server address = pink.evergreen.edu and click Request New Account Figure 2
   • Register new XMPP Account: enter a username and password - this should be the same as your Evergreen login and password. Click Register Figure 3
   • Click Continue to verify the identity of pink.evergreen.edu Figure 4

Join a Group Chat

Once you've added an account to the Jabber server you can join an existing group chat

1. Go File > Join Group Chat
2. Enter the Chat room name you'd like to join
3. If the chat room is password protected you may need to enter the Chat Room password here. Note: This is NOT your evergreen password.

Update your chat profile/picture

1. Go Adium > Preferences
2. Choose Personal to set the icon or photo and your personal handle. By default your handle will be your first and last name

Save chat transcripts or logs

Set preferences to log chats

1. Go Adium > Preferences
2. Choose General
3. Check "Log Messages"

View chat logs

1. Go Window > Chat Transcript Viewer
2. Select the chat from the left hand column you'd like to view the transcript for
3. To export these logs choose Print from the Chat Viewer top bar and Save as a PDF from the PDF drop down bar in the Print window