Pidgin and Google Talk Broken

[pidgin at alexoren.com]

The link I posted is a Pidgin plugin.

On 2022-06-08 22:59, Rupert Dance - Comcast-2 wrote:
> Thanks for the response.
> 
> My understanding is that Chrome must be open and Chat does not function as a real standalone app but I may have to try it. I use Outlook and although I have Gmail, I get my Gmail through Outlook but now Google has broken that as well because they no longer support POP.
> 
> So I wanted something more independent of Google.
> 
> Rupert
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pidgin at alexoren.com <pidgin at alexoren.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2022 7:54 PM
> To: Rupert Dance - Comcast-2 <rsdance2 at comcast.net>; support at pidgin.im
> Subject: Re: Pidgin and Google Talk Broken
> 
> On 2022-06-08 16:17, Rupert Dance - Comcast-2 wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have used Pidgin and Google Talk for years. Google has now broken
>> this and eliminate Talk
>>
>> What is the best/easiest way to replace it. I don't want to have to
>> login to my Google account to use IM. I want a standalone app that
>> uses Pidgin which has worked well for years.
> 
> Does Google Chat fit the bill?
> 
> https://github.com/EionRobb/purple-googlechat
>