Configuring Pidgin for Google Apps
Google’s instructions for configuring Pidgin with Google Talk have a broken link to instructions for using Google Apps with a corporate domain.
So here’s how I configured Pidgin to work with a corporate Google Apps account:
1. Select “Add/Edit” from the Accounts menu, then press the “Add” button.
2. Fill in fields on the basic tab.
- Protocol: XMPP
- Screen name: johndoe
- Server: example.com
- Resource: Home
- Password: ********
- Local alias: John
3. Fill in fields on the advanced tab.
- [x] Force old (port 5223) SSL
- [ ] Allow plaintext over unencrypted streams
- Connect port: 5223
- Connect server: talk.google.com
- Proxy type: Use GNOME Proxy Settings
4. Press “Save”. Don’t “Register”, because your username should already be assigned.
May 29th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Thanks for this. The official google help pages forget to mention the settings for the advanced tab.
June 9th, 2007 at 1:01 am
Yea.. the help page is quite unhelpful.
June 12th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
Fantastic … I used these instructions to configure Gaim to work for my Google Apps premium account. Thanks a lot.
June 22nd, 2007 at 11:46 am
THANKS!!!
June 25th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Thank you this is very helpful post. Wouldn’t it be nice if Google allowed us to give feedback ON the faulty instructions page? I clicked, “NO, this page has not been helpful”, but there was no method to explain WHY it was not helpful.Note: I am not behind a proxy, but I had to specifically choose, ‘No Proxy’ vs. ‘Use Global Proxy Settings’.
July 2nd, 2007 at 6:30 am
Thanks. These instructions worked for me where the official instructions did not.
July 31st, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Thanks for the setup instructions! I looked all over for these settings. You rock!
September 4th, 2007 at 3:19 am
Thanks!
February 4th, 2008 at 7:20 am
Thx. It worked for me too. Google help didnt work here.
May 15th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Even though I follow the new instruction, I still unable to use the pidgin for Google talk.
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:50 pm
thanxappreciate u taking you time and telling us common folk what 2 do
November 11th, 2008 at 5:11 am
Interesting to know.
December 9th, 2008 at 3:09 am
Thanks After trying all it worked I think pidgin is best just need tweaking for gtalk.
December 21st, 2008 at 10:34 am
Thanks alot for this.
January 7th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
big thanks!
January 11th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Thanks!
January 12th, 2009 at 10:35 am
thanks a lot
March 18th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Thanks a lot. Worked for me too.Though my partner who uses Ubuntu 8.10 did not have to do these settings, but I’m using Fedora 10, and needed to do these.
May 9th, 2009 at 6:26 am
Correction: I’m using Ubunto 9.10 on another machine and needed to do the changes as well!
May 26th, 2009 at 5:59 am
great!
it’s working
June 4th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Thanks… I finally got it working now!
June 5th, 2009 at 7:41 am
What is Gnome Proxy settings?
August 11th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Hey thanks a ton!Worked for me too
August 26th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Nice… worked straight outta box
Thanks!–Makuhttp://makuchaku.in
October 29th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Thanks!!