Gmail Chat

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 03:45:23AM -0700, Matt Stoumbaugh wrote:
> I'm having trouble logging in to my Gmail Chat account using Pidgin.
> However, I am still able to connect to AIM, Yahoo, and even Facebook.
> 
> On the modify account page for Gmail/XMPP, there is a field for "Resource."
> What is that for? Is it important?

It's not. Most of the time Gtalk troubles are DNS issues, see:

http://d.pidgin.im/wiki/Protocol%20Specific%20Questions#WhycantIlogontomyGoogleTalkGoogleAppsaccountanymore

-khc