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13              <h2>Licq FAQ</h2>
14              <h3>September 30, 2004</h3>
15             
16              <p>
17              Originally written by Graham Roff<br>
18              Rewritten by Jon Keating
19              </p>
20              <div class="footer">
21                <div class="footer_right"></div>
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27            <div class="news">
28              <h2>Section 1: Basics</h2>
29                <p>
30                <blockquote>
31                <A HREF="#1_1">1.1: Who wrote Licq?</A><BR>
32                <A HREF="#1_2">1.2: What does Licq stand for anyway?</A><BR>
33                <A HREF="#1_3">1.3: Is Licq based on micq code like many of the other clones?</A><BR>
34                </blockquote>
35                </p>
36               
37            <h3>Section 2: Compiling / Installing</h3>
38                <blockquote>
39                <A HREF="#2_1">2.1: What is needed to compile Licq?</A><BR>
40                <A HREF="#2_2">2.2: How do I get Licq working through a SOCKS5 server?</A><BR>
41               
42                <A HREF="#2_3">2.3: How do I do a manual install (ie I have a binary distribution)?</A><BR>
43                <A HREF="#2_4">2.4: I am trying to compile with Solaris and the compilation freezes at the "moc" line.</A><BR>
44                <A HREF="#2_5">2.5: I am compiling under Solaris and I get an internal error.</A><BR>
45                <A HREF="#2_6">2.6: I am using an older compiler (ie gcc 2.7) and get errors about ANSI C++ not allowing implicit casting of "void *".</A><BR>
46                <A HREF="#2_7">2.7: What is socklen_t?</A><BR>
47                </blockquote>
48               
49            <h3>Section 3: Using</h3>
50                <blockquote>
51                <A HREF="#3_1">3.1: Where do I get a uin from?</A><BR>
52                <A HREF="#3_2">3.2: Does multi-party chat work?</A><BR>
53                <A HREF="#3_3">3.3: What is, and how do I use, the licq fifo?</A><BR>
54                <A HREF="#3_4">3.4: What happened to the "beep" OnEvent option, or, how do I make the pc-speaker beep when receiving a message?</A><BR>
55                <A HREF="#3_5">3.5: Licq appears 5 times in my process list, what's going on?</A><BR>
56                <A HREF="#3_6">3.6: I get "[ERR] Unable to allocate TCP port for local server (Unknown host)" when I start Licq.</A><BR>
57                <A HREF="#3_7">3.7: What happened to the spoof uin option?</A><BR>
58                <A HREF="#3_8">3.8: I am using ip_masq_icq module and it doesn't forward connections to Licq.</A><BR>
59                <A HREF="#3_9">3.9: How do I configure ipmasq for ICQ?</A><BR>
60               
61                <A HREF="#3_10">3.10: I can't connect to ICQ, all I get are timeouts!</A><BR>
62                <A HREF="#3_11">3.11: Does Licq support server side contact lists?</A><BR>
63                </blockquote>
64
65            <h3>Section 4: Plugins</h3>
66                <BLOCKQUOTE>
67                <A HREF="#4_1">4.1: I get something about being unable to load a plugin because "file not found" or "no such file or directory".</A><BR>
68                <A HREF="#4_2">4.2: I get something about "undefined symbol: ..." when I try and load the Qt-GUI plugin.</A><BR>
69                <A HREF="#4_3">4.3: Licq starts up but then exits with "licq: Fatal IO error: client killed".</A><BR>
70               
71                <A HREF="#4_4">4.4: What does "undefined symbol: LP_Main" mean?</A><BR>
72                <A HREF="#4_5">4.5: Qt-gui crashes on startup, it says something about "XRegisterIMInstantiateCallback"</A><BR>
73                <A HREF="#4_6">4.6: When Licq is docked it is still visible in the taskbar, what can i do?"</A><BR>
74                </BLOCKQUOTE>
75               
76            <h3>Section 5: Qt-GUI Plugin</h3>
77                <BLOCKQUOTE>
78                <A HREF="#5_1">5.1: The GUI says it is unable to load &lt;file&gt;.xpm or &lt;file&gt;.gif, but the file is there!</A><BR>
79               
80                <A HREF="#5_2">5.2: How do I change the colors of the Qt-Gui?</A><BR>
81                <A HREF="#5_3">5.3: Why are there no spaces between words in the History tab?</A><BR>
82                <A HREF="#5_4">5.4: How do I dock the Licq icon?</A><BR>
83                <A HREF="#5_5">5.5: How do I see other encodings (Russian, Japanese, etc.)?</A><BR>
84                </BLOCKQUOTE>
85               
86            <h3>Section 6: Protocol Plugins</h3>
87                <BLOCKQUOTE>
88                <A HREF="#6_1">6.1: What protocols are available?</A><BR>
89                <A HREF="#6_2">6.2: How do I start using a protocol plugin?</A><BR>
90                </BLOCKQUOTE>
91
92            <h3>Section 7: Donations</h3>
93                <BLOCKQUOTE>
94                <A HREF="#7_1">7.1: What are the operating expenses?</A><BR>
95                <A HREF="#7_2">7.2: What is the emergency fund?</A><BR>
96                <A HREF="#7_3">7.3: How do I know my donation is going to the project?</A><BR>
97               
98                <A HREF="#7_4">7.4: I donated money, will you add the feature I want?</A><BR>
99                </BLOCKQUOTE>
100              <div class="footer">
101                <div class="footer_right"></div>
102              </div>
103            </div>
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107            <div class="news">
108             
109            <H3><STRONG>Section 1: Basics</STRONG></H3>
110                <P>
111                <A NAME="1_1"><STRONG>1.1: Who wrote Licq?</STRONG>
112                <P>
113                Licq was first begun as a text mode client to ICQ in February 1998 by
114                Graham Roff and a programmer who wishes for some strange
115                reason to remain anonymous.  He's from Nova Scotia, perhaps that explains
116                things.  The Qt port was written by Graham Roff and starting in June
117                1998.<BR><BR>
118                Since then the entire code was rewritten by Graham Roff, with the
119                assistance of numerous internet volunteers.  The protocol plugin
120                rewrite of Licq was done by the current maintainer, Jon Keating.  All
121                current development is done by Jon Keating, Thomas Reitelbach, and
122                many volunteers.
123                <P>
124                <BR>
125               
126                <A NAME="1_2"><STRONG>1.2: What does Licq stand for anyway?</STRONG>
127                <P>
128                Contrary to popular belief, it does not stand for Linux ICQ.  This
129                would be (a) a bit conceited, and (b) way too obvious a name for a linux
130                program.
131                <P>
132                <BR>
133               
134                <A NAME="1_3"><STRONG>1.3: Is Licq based on micq code like many of the other clones? </STRONG>
135                <P>
136                Licq was begun a long time before micq was released and is based
137                completely on original source code.  It is also done in C++ as opposed to C
138                like micq and most of the other clones.
139                <P>
140                <BR>
141
142                <H3><STRONG>Section 2: Compiling and Installing</STRONG></H3>
143                <P>
144
145                <A NAME="2_1"><STRONG>2.1: What is needed to compile Licq?</STRONG>
146                <P>
147                See the web page in the info section under Requirements for all the details.
148                <P>
149                <BR>
150               
151                <A NAME="2_2"><STRONG>2.2: How do I get Licq working with a SOCKS5 server?</STRONG>
152                <P>
153                I do not use socks, and didn't write the code to make Licq work with
154                socks.  After configuring with --enable-socks5 you have to set some environment
155                variables as well, follow the guidelines that come with the socks5 client.
156                Other than that, I can't help you.  Try the README.SOCKS included with the
157                Licq distribution.
158                <P>
159                <BR>
160               
161                <A NAME="2_3"><STRONG>2.3: How do I do a manual install (ie I have a binary distribution)?</STRONG>
162                <P>
163                <EM>&amp;lt;= 0.61</EM><BR>
164                Easy, first copy the binary to somewhere nice (like /usr/local/bin).
165                Then copy licq-base.tar.gz to /usr/local/share.  There are some other
166                interesting documents to look at if you want as well.  Then run licq and it
167                should finish the install for you.  See, it's easy.<BR>
168                <EM>&amp;gt;= 0.70</EM><BR>
169                Copy the binary somewhere nice like above.  Then copy everything from the
170                share/ directory to /usr/local/share/licq.  To manually install a plugin simply
171                copy it to /usr/local/lib/licq/plugins.
172               
173                <P>
174                <BR>
175               
176                <A NAME="2_4"><STRONG>2.4: I am trying to compile and the compilation freezes at the "moc" line.</STRONG>
177                <P>
178                Licq requires GNU make to compiler properly.  Alternatively,
179                you can compile all the moc files by hand doing:<BR>
180                $&gt; moc &lt;infile&gt; -o &lt;outfile&gt;<BR>
181                The list of files to moc is in the Makefile.  If you do this, you will
182                still have to replace the $^ in the following section:<BR>
183               
184                ++ licq: $(OBJECTS) $(METAOBJ)<BR>
185                ++         $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS)<BR>
186                to be:<BR>
187                ++ licq: $(OBJECTS) $(METAOBJ)<BR>
188                ++         $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) $(METAOBJ) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS)<BR>
189                <P>
190                <BR>
191               
192                <A NAME="2_5"><STRONG>2.5: I am compiling and I get an internal error.</STRONG>
193                <P>
194                This is a problem with some versions of g++.  Simply remove <EM>-O2</EM>
195               
196                from the relevant Makefile and it should work fine.
197                <P>
198                <BR>
199               
200                <A NAME="2_6"><STRONG>2.6: I get errors about ANSI C++ not allowing implicit casting of "void *".</STRONG>
201                <P>
202                Some older implementations of libstdc++ erroneously define NULL as being
203                ((void *)0), which causes some c++ compilers to complain.  If this is the case,
204                you can either upgrade to a newer compiler or simply run the "remove-null.sh" (included
205                with the licq-data package in <EM>contrib</EM>)
206                inside the <EM>src/</EM> directory, which will replace all NULL's with zeros.
207                <P>
208                <BR>
209               
210                <A NAME="2_7"><STRONG>2.7: What is socklen_t?</STRONG>
211               
212                <P>
213                If you get compile errors refering to socklen_t simply edit config.h and
214                add "#define socklen_t int" to it somewhere.
215                <P>
216                <BR>
217               
218               
219                <H3><STRONG>Section 3: Using</STRONG></H3>
220                <P>
221
222               
223                <A NAME="3_1"><STRONG>3.1: How do I get a uin?</STRONG>
224                <P>
225                Licq can register a new user with Mirabilis.  Just select "Register User" from
226                the user menu.  See http://www.mirabilis.com for more info.
227                <P>
228                <BR>
229               
230                <A NAME="3_2"><STRONG>3.2: Does multi-party chat work?</STRONG>
231                <P>
232                Yes.
233                <P>
234                <BR>
235               
236                <A NAME="3_3"><STRONG>3.3: What is, and how do I use, the licq fifo?</STRONG>
237                <P>
238               
239                Please see the <A HREF="README.FIFO">README.FIFO</A>
240                <P>
241                <BR>
242               
243                <A NAME="3_4"><STRONG>3.4: What happened to the "beep" OnEvent option, or, how do I make the pc-speaker beep when receiving a message?</STRONG>
244                <P>
245                The beep command did not work properly and so was incorporated into a
246                self-contained executable (build beep.c in the contrib directory using the
247                instructions contained therein) which can be called instead of "play" (or
248                whatever) in order to generate a beep.<BR>
249                So to rephrase, instead of a beep option, you can build a "beep" executable,
250                and enter "beep" as the OnEvent Command (the parameters are irrelevant for
251                this command).
252                <P>
253                <BR>
254               
255                <A NAME="3_5"><STRONG>3.5: Licq appears 5 times in my process list, what's going on?</STRONG>
256               
257                <P>
258                There is really only 1 copy of Licq running, using the resources of one of
259                the listed processes.  The reason you see multiple copies is that Linux
260                shows threads as separate processes.  As Licq may be running 5 threads or more
261                at a time, multiple process entries will appear.
262                <P>
263                <BR>
264               
265                <A NAME="3_6"><STRONG>3.6: I get "[ERR] Unable to allocate TCP port for local server (Unknown host)" when I start Licq.</STRONG>
266                <P>
267                This will happen if you have not set up your hostname properly.  This is a
268                necessary step for running many network applications.  Make sure your hostname
269                (which can be found by typing "hostname") resolves to a valid ip.  Typically
270                this involves adding it to /etc/hosts and setting the ip to your static ip or
271                to 127.0.0.1 if you don't have one.
272                <P>
273                <BR>
274               
275                <A NAME="3_7"><STRONG>3.7: What happened to the spoof uin option?</STRONG>
276                <P>
277                This is no longer supported by the ICQ protocol. Sorry.
278                <P>
279                <BR>
280               
281               
282                <A NAME="3_8"><STRONG>3.8: I am using ip_masq_icq module and it doesn't forward connections to Licq.</STRONG>
283                <P>
284                The ip_masq_icq module uses the ip contained in the logon packet to determine whether
285                or not to forward connections to your machine.  This IP is determined typically
286                by looking at the hostname of the local machine.  If your hostname is not set correctly
287                or cannot be resolved, then Licq will default to using 127.0.0.1, which will be ignored
288                by the module.<BR>
289                The solution is to ensure that your hostname (to find it, type "hostname" at the prompt)
290                resolves to your correct sub-net IP.  To find out, ping your hostname ("ping &lt;hostname&gt;")
291                and see what the ip ends up being.<BR>
292                This ip will probably be something in the 192.168.xx.xx or 10.xx.xx.xx range.  If it
293                resolves to 127.0.0.1 or 0, then there is a problem.  To fix this, simply edit
294                <I>/etc/hosts</I> and enter the correct ip and hostname there, for example:
295                <P>
296                127.0.0.1    localhost<BR>
297               
298                192.168.0.2  &lt;hostname&gt;<BR>
299                ...<BR>
300                <P>
301                <BR>
302               
303                <A NAME="3_9"><STRONG>3.9: How do I configure ipmasq for ICQ?</STRONG>
304                <P>
305                Configuring ipmasq and ipchains for ICQ is fairly simple.  The relevant
306                man pages contain a good source of information as well.  Here is a sample
307                configuration using ipmasq:<BR>
308                ---(cut here)---<BR>
309                <BR>
310                # Enable port forwarding for ICQ Client<BR>
311               
312                #<BR>
313                port=2000<BR>
314                while [ $port -lt 2020 ]<BR>
315                do<BR>
316                /usr/sbin/ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -L $xnet $port -R 192.168.1.2 $port<BR>
317                port=$((port+1))<BR>
318                done<BR>
319                /usr/sbin/ipmasqadm portfw -a -P udp -L $xnet 4000 -R 192.168.1.2 4000<BR>
320               
321                <BR>
322                ---(cut here)---<BR>
323                <BR>
324                And here is an example using iptables which is used with the Linux Kernel 2.4.x:<BR>
325                ---(cut here)---<BR>
326                <BR>
327                iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --destination-port 2000:2020 -i ppp0 -j DNAT --to 192.168.1.2<BR>
328                iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p udp --destination-port 4000 -i ppp0 -j DNAT --to 192.168.1.2<BR>
329               
330                <BR>
331                ---(cut here)---<BR>
332               
333                <BR>
334                This script will forward tcp ports 2000-2020 and udp port 4000 to your
335                machine inside the firewall. Note $xnet is the ip address issued to you by
336                your ISP and 192.168.1.2 should be changed to the ip address of the
337                machine that you are running Licq on.  Also note that this is just one
338                sample configuration and there are other ways to do this, using ipchains
339                for example.<BR>
340                <P>
341                <BR>
342               
343               
344                <A NAME="3_10"><STRONG>3.10: I can't connect to ICQ, all I get are timeouts!</STRONG>
345                <P>
346                This is a problem with the ICQ servers and people who use icq2000.  For
347                some reason a selection of the icq servers do not allow you to log on using
348                another client after using icq2000.<BR>
349                The solution?  Edit ~/.licq/licq.conf and set the servers to be a valid
350                icq.mirabilis.com ip except 205.188.153.*, eg 205.188.179.33.  Try
351                "nslookup icq.mirabilis.com" for more.<BR>
352                This, hopefully, will make it work.  In any case, it's not a Licq problem, but
353                a mirabilis stupidity.<BR>
354                <P>
355             
356               
357                <BR>
358               
359                <A NAME="3_11"><STRONG>3.11: Does Licq support server side contact lists?</STRONG>
360                <P>
361               
362                Yes, it is enabled by default. Licq supports having a user in multiple groups
363                but the server only allows one group per user. This is a little difficult to
364                manage, so there is a seperate menu item to change the server group of a user.
365                Just right click a user in the Qt-GUI and take a look for yourself.
366                <P>
367                <BR>
368               
369               
370                <H3><STRONG>Section 4: Plugins</STRONG></H3>
371                <P>
372
373                <A NAME="4_1"><STRONG>4.1: I get something about being unable to load a plugin because "file not found" or "no such file or directory".</STRONG>
374                <P>
375                If this happens with QT-GUI then you most likely configured --with-kde support.
376                In this case, please type "licq -p kde-gui" to start licq and read the README.KDE file.<BR>
377                In all other cases the plugin may be unable to find a necessary library.
378                Use "ldd" on the offending plugin to see which library it can't find.  Then add
379                the directory containing that missing library to your /etc/ld.so.conf file or
380                LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable (see 4.2).
381                <P>
382                <BR>
383               
384                <A NAME="4_2"><STRONG>4.2: I get something about "undefined symbol: ..." when I try and load the Qt-GUI plugin.</STRONG>
385                <P>
386                This problem occurs if you have a copy of qt 1.4 somewhere on your system
387                and Licq is linked to it.  Verify this using <EM>ldd /usr/local/lib/licq/licq_qt-gui.so</EM>
388                and see which qt library it's linked to.  If it is qt 1.4 then this library will have
389                to be moved to somewhere after the location of the qt 2.0 library, as listed
390                in /etc/ld.so.conf.  Read the README-QT-1.4-AND-2.0 for more information.<BR>
391                One other solution is simply to add the directory with Qt 2.0 in it to your
392                LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable like so:<BR>
393                <EM>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/qt/lib</EM><BR>
394                which can be added to /etc/profile as per the Qt installation instructions.
395                <P>
396                <BR>
397               
398                <A NAME="4_3"><STRONG>4.3: Licq starts up but then exits with "licq: Fatal IO error: client killed".</STRONG>
399               
400                <P>
401                Because Licq is multi-threaded, it requires thread-safe X11 libraries.  These
402                can be aquired by recompiling your X server with the thread option or by grabbing
403                the binaries (see the Info section of the Licq web page under Requirements).
404                <P>
405                <BR>
406               
407                <A NAME="4_4"><STRONG>4.4: What does "undefined symbol: LP_Main" mean?</STRONG>
408                <P>
409                This is a bug with the dynamic loader used in SMP machines.  Try changing DLOPEN_POLICY
410                in config.h to RTLD_NOW and rebuild.  Or upgrade your kernel/ld.
411                <P>
412                <BR>
413                <A NAME="4_5"><STRONG>4.5: Qt-gui crashes on startup, it says something about "XRegisterIMInstantiateCallback"</STRONG>
414                <P>
415                There is a bug in QT 3.x whith X Input Methods (XIM).<BR>
416                Try to start licq like this: "licq -- -noxim".
417               
418                <P>
419                <BR>
420                <A NAME="4_6"><STRONG>4.6: When Licq is docked it is still visible in the taskbar, what can i do?</STRONG>
421                <P>
422                When you are using KDE you can prevent Licq from beeing visible in the taskbar.<BR>
423                Simply prepend "kstart --skiptaskbar" to your commandline:<BR>
424                <TT>kstart --skiptaskbar licq</TT>
425                <P>
426                <BR>
427               
428               
429                <H3><STRONG>Section 5: Qt-GUI Plugin</STRONG></H3>
430                <P>
431
432                <A NAME="5_1"><STRONG>5.1: The QUI says it is unable to load &lt;file&gt;.xpm or &lt;file&gt;.gif, but the file is there!</STRONG>
433                <P>
434                Qt has problems loading certain formats of xpm.  The solution is simply
435                to save the pixmap in question as a gif and edit the skin file appropriately.    If the
436                file in question is a gif, then make sure that you compiled qt with gif support
437                enabled (<EM>configure -gif</EM>).
438                <P>
439                <BR>
440               
441                <A NAME="5_2"><STRONG>5.2: How do I change the colors of the Qt-Gui?</STRONG>
442                <P>
443               
444                Colors are now integrated into the skin file.  To change colors you must
445                edit the skin file (found in <EM>/usr/local/share/licq/qt-gui/skin.&lt;name&gt;</EM>) and
446                add the following:<BR>
447                <BR>
448                # --- colors ---<BR>
449                colors.online = #ff0000 <BR>
450                colors.away = dark green<BR>
451                colors.offline = firebrick<BR>
452                colors.newuser = yellow<BR>
453                colors.background = default<BR>
454               
455                colors.gridlines = black<BR>
456                <BR>
457                Of course you get to select your own colors!
458                <P>
459                <BR>
460               
461                <A NAME="5_3"><STRONG>5.3: Why are there no spaces between words in the History tab?</STRONG>
462                <P>
463                This seems to be a bug in the Qt widget being used.  The solution is simply to use a TrueType font.
464                Select one from the Options Dialog in the Font section.
465                <P>
466                <BR>
467               
468                <A NAME="5_4"><STRONG>5.4: How do I dock the Licq icon?</STRONG>
469                <P>
470               
471                Docking the licq qt-gui status icon is fairly simple to do.  Here is a list
472                of window managers and what to do. If your window manager supports the
473                freedesktop.org standard, just enable the "Small Icon" in the Options. If you
474                are using KDE, use the KDE-GUI (./configure --with-kde for the Qt-GUI).
475               
476                If you aren't using a freedesktop.org compliant window manager, do the following:<BR>
477                <BR>
478                1. Start Licq and enable the dock icon in the Options screen.<BR>
479                2. Select "Save Settings" from the system menu.<BR>
480                3. Restart Licq (very important).<BR>
481                <BR>
482                <STRONG>WindowMaker</STRONG><BR>
483                4. Drag the status icon to the dock and voila.<BR>
484                Note that the other icon that appears is from windowmaker and can be set
485                to something nice, or disable entirely using the windowmaker menu.<BR>
486                <BR>
487               
488                <STRONG>AfterStep</STRONG><BR>
489                4. Add the following to your ~/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/wharf file:<BR>
490                "*Wharf licq      - Swallow "LicqWharf" echo &amp;"<BR>
491                5. Next time start Licq, the icon should appear in the wharf.<BR>
492                4*.Another possibility is to add:<BR>
493                *FvwmButtons(Swallow (UseOld,NoKill,NoClose) "LicqWharf" Nop, Action (Mouse 1) 'Exec
494                /usr/bin/licq')<BR>
495                to your FvwmButtons config file.<BR>
496                <BR>
497               
498                <STRONG>KDE</STRONG><BR>
499                4. Configure the qt-gui plugin with --with-kde and then licq will dock in Kicker.<BR>
500                5. Start Licq and there it goes!<BR>
501                <BR>
502                <STRONG>Gnome</STRONG><BR>
503                4. Pick a smaller dock icon then the default (either 64x48 or one of the themed icons).<BR>
504                5. Select "Swallow App" from the gnome panel menu.<BR>
505                6. Set "Title =  LicqWharf", "Width =  64", "Height = 48".<BR>
506                <BR>
507                <P>
508               
509                <A NAME="5_5"><STRONG>5.5: How do I see other encodings (Russian, Japanese, etc.)?</STRONG><BR>
510                <P>
511                In the options, you can select a default encoding.  Also, there are per-user encodings. In the event window, there is an encoding button in the top right corner.  If the proper encoding isn't listed there, select the "Show all encodings" in the options dialog. You may have to experiment to find the correct encoding (there are 3 Japanese ones), but it does work properly. So please try all the appropriate encodings before saying that it doesn't work.
512                </P>
513                <BR>
514               
515                <H3><STRONG>Section 6: Protocol Plugins</STRONG></H3>
516                <P>
517               
518                <A NAME="6_1"><STRONG>6.1: What protocols are available?</STRONG><BR>
519                <P>
520                Currently ICQ, AIM and MSN are available. Only one account per protocol can be used with the 1.3.0 release.  This limitation will be removed in a future release.  ICQ and AIM are viewed as one protocol from Licq, so this means only one AIM or ICQ account can be used.  Fortunately, this isn't too bad of a problem since ICQ and AIM work together.  This means you can add AIM users to your ICQ list and vice versa.  As for MSN, it is still being developed and supports basic functionality, but will be a full featured client soon!<BR><BR>
521                Other protocols such as Yahoo will come later.. unless someone else starts to work on it, then sooner.
522                </P>
523                <BR>
524               
525                <A NAME="6_2"><STRONG>6.2: How do I start using a protocol plugin?</STRONG><BR>
526                <P>
527                First you need to install the protocol plugin.  If you installed Licq from source, it can be found in the 'plugins' directory.  After it is installed, you need to load the plugin.  From the Qt-GUI this is done from the Plugin Manager dialog.  After it is loaded, open up the Owner Manager and add your account for the new protocol.
528                </P>
529                <BR>
530               
531                <H3><STRONG>Section 7: Donations</STRONG></H3>
532                <P>
533
534                <A NAME="7_1"><STRONG>7.1: What are the operating expenses?</STRONG><BR>
535                <P>
536                The mail server and DNS server are currently run by Dennis Tenn and he pays all costs privately.  A percentage of the donations will go to pay for the cost of running this server.  Also, the domain names must be paid for every few years.
537                </P>
538                <BR>
539               
540                <A NAME="7_2"><STRONG>7.2: What is the emergency fund?</A></STRONG><BR>
541                <P>
542                It is a percentage of donations that are kept in case a main developer has a personal emergency that requires monetary assistance.  The usage for this money will be for necessary items such as food, rent, medicine, and other similiar items.  It will not be used for unnecessary items such as alcohol, hardware, or anything that is a personal interest.
543               
544                </P>
545                <BR>
546               
547                <A NAME="7_3"><STRONG>7.3: How do I know my donation is going to the project?</A></STRONG><BR>
548                <P>
549                Since you are using Licq, you trust us not to put a backdoor in the program.  With this reasoning, you should trust us that your valued contribution will be used solely to directly help Licq.
550                </P>
551                <BR>
552               
553                <A NAME="7_4"><STRONG>7.4: I donated money, will you add the feature I want?</A></STRONG><BR>
554                <P>
555                Just because you donated money does not entitle you to automatically have a feature you want to be added.  It will be considered as all other feature requests are considered.  Your donations are appreciated, but they are viewed as contribuations you make to help continue the Licq project.
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