Information Technology — Configuring Software @ Rhodes

Adium (for Mac)

"Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more." (Adium)

Adium supports:

AIM
ICQ
.Mac
Google Talk
LiveJournal
MSN

Yahoo!
Yahoo! Japan
Bonjour
MySpace IM
Gadu-Gadu

Novell Groupwise
Lotus Sametime
QQ
SIP / SIMPLE
Zephyr

This page deals mainly with configuring MSN and Google Talk, but has a section for configuring other accounts and specific features of certain accounts.

Configuring Adium accounts:

Open Adium.
Click 'File', 'Add Account', and select the type of account you wish to configure.

Windows Live / MSN:

Select 'MSN Messenger' from the 'Add Account' menu.
In the window that opens, type your .net Passport ID in the 'MSN Passport' field.
Type your MSN password in the 'Password' field.

Select the 'Proxy' tab.
Check the 'Connect using proxy' checkbox and select 'HTTP' from the activated drop-down menu.
In the 'Server' field type wwwproxy.ru.ac.za
In the 'Port' field type 3128
In the 'Username' field type your Rhodes University username.
In the 'Password' field type your Rhodes University password.
Check the 'Connect when Adium opens' checkbox and then select 'OK'

Google Talk

Select 'Google Talk' from the 'Add Account' menu.
Type your GMail or Google Talk username in the 'GTalk ID' field.
Type the corresponding password in the 'Password' field.

Select the 'Proxy' tab.
Check the 'Connect using proxy' checkbox and select 'HTTP' from the activated drop-down menu.
In the 'Server' field type wwwproxy.ru.ac.za
In the 'Port' field type 3128
In the 'Username' field type your Rhodes University username.
In the 'Password' field type your Rhodes University password.
Check the 'Connect when Adium opens' checkbox and then select 'OK'

Configuring Adium for other account types:

Select the account type you wish to set up from the 'Add Account' menu.
In the resulting window, input your username and password for that account in the corresponding fields.

Select the 'Proxy' tab.
Check the 'Connect using proxy' checkbox and select 'HTTP' from the activated drop-down menu.
In the 'Server' field type wwwproxy.ru.ac.za
In the 'Port' field type 3128
In the 'Username' field type your Rhodes University username.
In the 'Password' field type your Rhodes University password.
Check the 'Connect when Adium opens' checkbox and then select 'OK'

Specific Features:

This section has information on setting Adium to notify you of new e-mails to your accounts as well as displaying your iTunes 'Now Playing' song.

Notification of new e-mails:

Click the 'Adium' file menu, and select 'Preferences'. (Alternatively you can press 'cmd + ,')
Select the 'Accounts' tab.
Select the account you wish Adium to notify you about new e-mails and click edit.
Select the 'Options' tab in the window which opens.
Check the 'Check for new mail' (MSN, Yahoo!) or 'Display new mail notifications' (Google Talk) checkbox.
Click 'OK'

Letting others know when you are typing:

Click the 'Adium' file menu, and select 'Preferences'. (Alternatively you can press 'cmd + ,')
Select the 'Accounts' tab.
Select the account you wish Adium to display to your contacts when you are typing and click 'Edit'.
Select the 'Privacy' tab.
Check the 'Let others know when you are typing' checkbox.
Click 'OK'

Displaying iTunes track information as your status:

Note: There is a status option labelled "iTunes" already but some accounts may need to have it enabled.

Click the 'Adium' file menu, and select 'Preferences'. (Alternatively you can press 'cmd + ,')
Select the 'Accounts' tab.
Select the account you wish Adium to display your iTunes status for and click 'Edit'.
Select the 'Privacy' tab.
Check the 'Let others know what iTunes is playing' checkbox.
Click 'OK'

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Created by Stuart Honour, May 2008