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5 <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
6 <link type="seealso" xref="add-account"/>
7 <link type="seealso" xref="irc-account"/>
9 Register an account with one of the supported messaging services.
11 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-21" status="draft"/>
12 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-07" status="review"/>
14 <credit type="author">
15 <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
16 <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
20 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
23 <license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>
25 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
30 <cite date="2009-06-14"><name>Milo Casagrande</name></cite>
31 <p>Section about how to create an account.</p>
34 <title>Register for a new account</title>
37 You can freely create an account on any of the services listed below.
38 Follow the instructions reported on each website on
39 how to register your new account.
42 At the end of the registration process you should have a <em>user
43 name</em> (or an <em>account ID</em>) and a <em>password</em>
44 that you will use to add the account to <app>Empathy</app>.
47 Click on the name of the service to visit its website.
50 <section id="im-services">
51 <title>Instant Messaging Services</title>
56 <link href="http://dashboard.aim.com/aim">AIM</link>
61 <link href="http://www.google.com/talk/">Google Talk</link>
66 <link href="https://www.icq.com/register/">ICQ</link>
71 <link href="http://register.jabber.org/">Jabber</link>
75 It is possible to use the automatic creation of accounts
76 with this service and <app>Empathy</app>. Not all the
77 service providers support it. One service provider known
78 to work is <em>jabber.org</em>, the default one of the application.
84 <link href="https://accountservices.passport.net">MSN</link>
89 <link href="https://login.yahoo.com/config/login">Yahoo!</link>
95 <section id="local-service">
96 <title>Local Instant Messaging Services</title>
98 This service works when you are connected to a local network,
99 you do not need an Internet connection in order to use it.
110 For more information, see <link type="seealso"
111 xref="salut-protocol" />.
116 <section id ="sip-services">
117 <title>Telephony Services</title>
120 These services will let you do voice call over the Internet with
121 other people using the same service or even to normal phones.
127 <link href="https://www.ekiga.net/index.php?page=register">Ekiga</link>
132 <link href="https://signup.sipphone.com/new-users/app?class=NewUser;proc=start">Sipphone</link>
139 In order to call normal phones over the Internet, you may need
140 to subscribe to a paid service. For more information, please
141 refer to the instructions provided on the website of the
142 service you will use.