pidgin server

Luke Schierer lschiere at pidgin.im
Fri Aug 31 16:42:58 EDT 2007


On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 02:44:56PM -0500, Andy Howell wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 	Is it possible to a "pidgin server" that maintains connection to the 
> real IM servers?
> 
> I want to have on process that runs all the time on one machine and have 
> any number of clients on other machines seeing the same traffic. If I 
> move from one machine to another I don't want to bump the other client 
> off when I bring up the GUI, nor do I want to miss messages.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	Andy

You would need to either
1)Run Pidgin in VNC
2)Run Finch in screen 
3)write a new "UI" around libpurple that acted as a daemon.  Then write
clients that connect to it.

luke




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