using Google talk with pidgin

Daniel Atallah datallah at pidgin.im
Mon May 4 15:33:54 EDT 2009


On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Laurie McPherson <mcpher35 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to set up my gmail account to chat but do not know what to put
> in the "Resource" section while trying to set up my account.  I know what my
> user name is, the domain, and my password, but not the "resource".  Can
> someone please help me?

"Resource" is arbitrary text to refer to where you're logging in from
(e.g. "Home" or  "Work", etc.).   If you're using a recent version of
Pidgin, you shouldn't need to specify any value for it unless you want
to.

-D




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