How to Register

You can register with any Jabber client. Here are instructions how to register with Kopete the official KDE instant messenger client. It is included in the kdenetwork package since KDE 3.2.
If you are using Microsoft Windows, you can use Psi which is a Qt based client which shares some code with Kopete.

1. Open Kopete
2. Open the Kopete configuration window. (the Configure entry in the settings menu).
3. In the account section, click on the New button in order to create a new account
4. Select the Jabber protocol
   
   
5. Click on the Register New Account button. A new dialog appears.
6. Set kdetalk.net as server
7. Choose an username, and enter your JID. It must be in the form username@kdetalk.net
8. Choose a password, and enter it twice. You can let other fields untouched.
   
   
9. Once you have completed this page, click Register. If the username is already taken, try again with another.
10. Once you registered, the account wizard should be already filled, you can verify all is correct, click on Next to finish the wizard
11. If all gone fine, you should be connected, and have received the welcome message. Congratulations. You can now add contacts and give you new JID to your friends

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