# Instant Msging Programs?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instant-msging-programs/120301>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 23, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instant-msging-programs/120301 "2004-08-23T05:04:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![B3NKobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@B3NKobe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/B3NKobe)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instant-msging-programs/120301/1 "2004-08-23T05:04:37Z")

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Just wondering if anyone could tell me if there are any different instant msging programs that you can use but with a hotmail address?? So instead of using MSN use a third party software program??

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instant-msging-programs/120301/2 "2004-08-23T05:14:38Z")

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GAIM  
you don’t all of the features though.  
pretty neat little program.  
download the windows version though  
[http://gaim.sourceforge.net/downloads.php](http://gaim.sourceforge.net/downloads.php)

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**Author:** ![B3NKobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@B3NKobe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/B3NKobe)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instant-msging-programs/120301/3 "2004-08-23T05:22:03Z")

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**sweet** - thanx il give it a go

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**Author:** ![Yeldarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/51bf81/32.png) [@Yeldarb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yeldarb)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instant-msging-programs/120301/4 "2004-08-23T05:27:23Z")

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Also trillian.

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**Author:** ![ratbaggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ratbaggy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ratbaggy)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instant-msging-programs/120301/5 "2004-08-23T05:45:59Z")

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and for mac?

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**Author:** ![minimalistik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@minimalistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/minimalistik)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instant-msging-programs/120301/6 "2004-08-23T11:14:13Z")

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I used Gush for a short while but I stuck with msn since its a flash-based application and use more system memory than needed. (obviously because of flash)

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**Author:** ![grinch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@grinch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grinch)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instant-msging-programs/120301/7 "2004-08-23T12:30:40Z")

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Wasn’t there a thread just like this not to long ago?

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**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instant-msging-programs/120301/8 "2004-08-23T12:33:59Z")

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I use Trillian, but only when there’s someone I need to talk to on Yahoo! or MSN. I used to have all 4 of the separate messengers(Yahoo!, AIM, ICQ, and MSN), but that got to be a hassle.

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**Author:** ![955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/4bbf92/32.png) [@955](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/955)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instant-msging-programs/120301/9 "2004-08-23T13:24:33Z")

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Gaim should work on Mac OS X as well, if you’ve got the XServer installed…