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</h1> <div class="taskboxline"> <div class="taskboxheader"> <h3>Setting up an account via Adium
</h3> <div class="taskboxtext"> <p>On most
<a href="Accounts-XMPP.html">XMPP
</a> servers, Adium can register your account with the server for you. Just set up your account as if you were already registered by following the steps described in
<a href="Accounts-CreatingAccounts.html">Creating Accounts
</a>, including your desired Jabber ID and password. When the account attempts to connect, Adium will notify you that the account is not yet registered and will offer to register it.
</p> <div class="taskboxline"> <div class="taskboxheader"> <h3>Choosing an XMPP server
</h3> <div class="taskboxtext"> <p>Unlike traditional and proprietary instant messaging services, with XMPP there is no central server. Similar to email, users can choose a server and communicate with users connected to a different XMPP server.
</p> <p>There are many public XMPP servers to choose from,
<a class="ext_link" href="http://xmpp.net/directory.php">xmpp.net has a list
</a>. We recommend selecting a server which
</p> <li>has an A/A security rating (according to xmpp.net),
</li> <li>has a trusted certificate (according to xmpp.net),
</li> <li>is reliable, has a high uptime percentage,
</li> <li>is in a country near you.
</li> <div class="taskboxline"> <div class="taskboxheader"> <h3>Jabber IDs: username and server
</h3> <div class="taskboxtext"> <p>Jabber IDs are in the form
<i>username@server
</i>. The name
<i>adiumuser
</i> on
<i>jabber.org
</i> would be
<i>adiumuser@jabber.org
</i>.
<i>adiumuser
</i> on
<i>jabber-fr.net
</i> would be
<i>adiumuser@jabber-fr.net
</i>.
</p> <div class="taskboxline"> <div class="taskboxheader"> <h3>Username constraints
</h3> <div class="taskboxtext"> <li>Usernames are case-insensitive (e.g.
"StPeter
" is the same as
"stpeter
") and are limited to 1023 Characters.
</li> <li>In addition, certain characters are not allowed in your username:
<li>' (single quote)
</li> <li>" (double quote)
</li> <li>< (open angle bracket)
</li> <li>> (close angle bracket)
</li> <li>& (ampersand)
</li> <li>space, carriage-return, line-feed, horizontal tab, and any other whitespace
</li> <li>ASCII control characters
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