Questions tagged [instant-messaging]
Real-time chat software, services, and protocols such as ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, and MSN Messenger.
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How can I send messages to myself in a standard person-to-person chat in Discord?
I don't see any option to, and an entire server for this purpose is overkill for me. Considering that other IM platforms like WhatsApp allow this but hide the feature causes me to expect that Discord ...
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What's the database format for WhatsApp Desktop for windows?
I'm trying to extract all of my WhatsApp messages with metadata for analysis, searching, graphing, e.t.c. Extraction of the Android database requires rooted access, so I'm trying to use the database ...
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Is it possible to receive notifications about new MS Outlook messages in Teams?
Is there any Outlook (I use version 2016) plug-in or something to achieve that? I browsed for solution, but to no avail. After all these two pieces of software come from the same company and it is ...
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Set Mattermost status automatically when I'm in a meeting or call
My workplace uses Mattermost for instant messaging, and Microsoft Teams for voice/video calls. Sometimes I finish a Teams call with someone, to find that an hour ago someone messaged me on Mattermost, ...
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iMessage (Mac): how to remove unrecoverable account?
What I want to archieve:
I want to remove a "dead" (old) account from iMessage, so it stops asking us to login with no longer known credentials - on every boot up of the workstation
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Cannot tell if cyph is private for messaging
I'm looking for a completely private desktop messaging and i'm not a programmer so i cannot understand their github https://github.com/cyph/cyph
does this look safe to you guys?
thank you
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How do I convert my existing Telegram group to a local group?
Telegram has added a new option to pin a group to a location, but I only see the option to create a new group.
I would like to pin my existing supergroup to a location, how to do that?
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Why aren't messaging apps created like email and sms, where you can send messages between multiple service providers? [closed]
I can send emails from GMail to YahooMail or to ProtonMail etc. I can send SMS'es to any mobile number irrespective of whether the number is owned by Vodafone or any other telecom providers.
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Can I send myself an IM with Microsoft Lync?
When I am logged into Microsoft Lync on two different computers, is there any way to send myself an IM?
Typical use case is simply to send myself links to websites that I wish to open on a different ...
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Non-internet-dependent instant messaging for Android [closed]
In a LAN without an uplink, is it possible - or rather, feasible - to provide IM for Android users?
You can have a local IM server, but messaging is not much use unless receipients are notified that ...
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Bitlbee and ZNC: is it possible to keep query history on all clients
I have installed bitlbee to emulate all my contacts from various instant messaging services as IRC contacts. In order to keep history, and allow them to message me when I'm not connected to IRC, I ...
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Broken Multiple Teams Sidebar in Slack Desktop App
For some reason, in my desktop version of Slack, I can't bring up the sidebar that lets me switch between my logged in teams. Once I've signed in to more than one Slack team, the Mac app does not ...
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How do I use ZALO with the Appropriate Size with VMware-Player's display screen
I use ZALO instant messenger on my VM-ware Workstation 12 Player, I have used the large size for the display screen of the VM-ware Player which is 3840 x 2160. But after I installed ZALO, ZALO has a ...
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How to push user list to the client in OpenFire?
I'v installed a OpenFire and then added some users. Now when I login to any user by Spark, I can't see list of other users event they're online. I've checked show offline users but no change.
How can ...
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Auto Start OTR on pidgin
I'm using Pidgin on Windows with OTR. I want to know if it's possible to "auto-start" OTR using the buddy pounce feature on Pidgin (or on all conversations would work too).
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