ASAP/ lost with this download whats up?

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi Saf,

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On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:38:30 -0400 Iheanyi Obia <iheanyi.obia at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> Im new to thjis,
> I downloaded the software through:
> 
> https://www.pidgin.im/download/windows/
> 
> but after i went through the installation process I can't find the plugin
> or icon anywhere on my computer to log into this chat service. I want to
> encrypt my icq messages so I tried finding the tools option through my icq
> buddy list but I couldn't. Am i missing something? As I said I want to
> encrypt my icq chats so can you lead me through that task via pidgin?

see:

https://www.google.com/search?q=starting+pidgin+windows+menu&num=40&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=yWsOVeeOEtjwaLjrgtgE&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1490&bih=795&dpr=0.9

Namely, Pidgin is not a plugin for the official ICQ client - it is a separate
program. To encrypt conversations use "OTR"/"Off-the-record":

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging

* https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pidgin+otr&ia=about

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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