# Aim Direct Connect Issues
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aim-direct-connect-issues/112325
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [June 6, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aim-direct-connect-issues/112325 "2004-06-06T05:41:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@chenu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chenu)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aim-direct-connect-issues/112325/1 "2004-06-06T05:41:53Z")
I’ve been having some problems with direct connecting on aim. I’m using Zone alarm and a router firewall. Can someone tell me wht ports to open up to allow direct connections?
Also any gaim users here?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2004, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aim-direct-connect-issues/112325/2 "2004-07-03T08:36:14Z")
gaim is for windows and stuff but not for mac only the source can be used for the mac heh strange but u said it could be for osx?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2004, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aim-direct-connect-issues/112325/3 "2004-07-03T10:19:02Z")
> [@The UnknowN](#):
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> gaim is for windows and stuff but not for mac only the source can be used for the mac heh strange but u said it could be for osx?
It can be… and Unix/Linux app can be run under OSX natively using the built in X Server (but it’s quite complex)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aim-direct-connect-issues/112325/4 "2004-07-03T13:52:13Z")
> [@The UnknowN](#):
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> gaim is for windows and stuff but not for mac only the source can be used for the mac heh strange but u said it could be for osx?
No you cant run it on OS X natively. You could run it under our Darwin (UNIX) core if i am thinking correctly - but that would be a pain in the arse and I dont think its really worth it.
Use iChat and MSN messenger - no one uses Yahoo! so thats all you really need. iChat has ICQ, .Mac, and AIM in one (AOL bough ICQ so thats why its in there :D).
-Mike
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aim-direct-connect-issues/112325/5 "2004-07-04T04:15:10Z")
hey i just installed gaim cuz you guys were saying its soo good. i love it. i love the message window the format of it. its alot better then aim.thnx for sharing it.🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aim-direct-connect-issues/112325/6 "2004-07-04T04:17:01Z")
o just one thing about gaim, when i IM people on the side are numbers that kind of look like the time but there so spread apart every message and its nothing close to the real time i was just wondering what it was.
Thnx
-C1RCA
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aim-direct-connect-issues/112325/7 "2004-07-04T04:24:35Z")
@mdipi: so it’s like trillian, then? only w/o msn? and you can never see me when i’m talking to ya… ☹