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How do I buzz a friend?

Asked by Ben Looman

I am trying to emulate Yahoo Messenger where you can buzz a friend to let them know you sent a message. How do I configure Pidgin to be able to do the same??
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nhasian (nhasian) said : 		#1

pidgin lets you use many different IM services from AOL to Googletalk, but its mostly for just messaging. some of the more advanced features that vary from client to client like sending an audio clip in MSN or buzzing in yahoo are not available. you could try getting the latest version of pidgin or seeing if a different linux client for yahoo has that feature that your looking for.

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Best Ben Bridts (band-b) said : 		#2

Pidgin does support buzzing: just typ /buzz in the conversation (use /help to see all availlable commands

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Ben Looman (benlooman) said : 		#3

Thanks Ben Bridts, that solved my question.

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