Use the 'Number for 20 minutes to receive SMS' service from SMS SERVICE ONLINE! You'll get a virtual number for free. You will need to re-enable any accounts that you didn't register a transport for.Get a virtual phone number for 20 minutesĭo you want to register an account - but Icq requires an SMS verification? Do you have no phone at hand - or maybe, you don't want to use your number? You're now using it through Google Talk instead of connecting to the ICQ server directly. I recommend logging in to Gmail and using the contact manager there to rename people and merge those addresses with your existing contacts rather than renaming them in Pidgin so changes appear on every device you log in from.ĭon't re-enable your ICQ account in Pidgin. You now have all your ICQ contacts on your Google Talk list. Those people aren't actually re-inviting you, it's just the mechanism the transport uses to get those people onto your Google Talk contact list. You will then receive a flood of invites, one from each of your ICQ contacts. You will receive an invite from (if you chose that transport server). Ĭlick the ICQ transport and click Register. Put in the name of a server that runs externally accessible transports. Make sure your Google Talk account is selected and click Browse. Next, click Accounts > XMPP Service Discovery > XMPP Service Discovery. If you use aliases in Pidgin, those aren't going to show up through Google Talk and you can be left wondering who's who.Ĭlick Accounts > Manage Accounts and disable all accounts except the Google Talk one.Ĭlick Tools > Plugins, scroll down and tick the XMPP Service Discovery plugin.

First, you might want to write down a list of names and ICQ numbers.

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