Does anyone have any recommendations for getting GAIM to connect to the outside world when running from inside a company network where the firewall blocks "non standard" ports.
I'm not holding my breath but thought I'd ask anyway !
Ross
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You can change each service to use alternate ports. For AIM, for example.
1. Launch Portable Gaim
2. Click Tools - Accounts
3. Select an AIM account and click modify
4. Expand the Show More Options plus sign
5. Change the port from 5190 to 80 (the AIM server listens on all ports)
6. Click Save
For the others, similar changes are possible. Of course, if a given firewall is configured to block the AIM servers directly and not just the ports, there's not much you can do. Unless you get into tunneling to another network.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
Use SSH tunnel as proxy.
I am having problems getting connected to MSN messenger. I haven't tried any of the other services yet because I'm primarily interested in a free, portable IM client with encryption capabilities, and most of the folks I IM with are on MSN.
Can someone help me configure MSN in GAIM to traverse a firewall? MSN Messenger works behind the firewall, so I know the servers aren't blocked.
Does anyone have a link that explains the various ways to connect to MSN (i.e. network protocols, ports, HTTP method, etc.) and the conditions under which they will work and won't work.