Subj : KICQ as an "Old New ICQ"
To   : All
From : Andrew From Orel
Date : Wed Jun 23 2021 13:13:05

Hello!

Several days ago I've seen one video at YouTube about ICQ revival project
called KICQ. Some enthusiasts use their servers for connection by OSCAR protocol. So, if you have an old gadget which doesn't support New ICQ by Mail.ru, you can register new UIN at their server (195.66.114.37:5190) and log
in using old clients like ICQ 2003, QIP 2005 etc.

After watching that video I decided to try it out. I installed ICQ 2003b on my WinXP virtual machine as it described at manual (http://narodweb.ru/kicq.html) and registration was easy. Later I installed old Kopete from KDE3 on my Raspberry Pi 2 and successfully logged in.

Yes, it's alive. There are not so much users, but they are online.

OK, I must add that there were some problems to make it work with Pidgin and new Kopete (they are not compatible with old server IServerd which is used in KICQ), but it was an interesting experience for me.

If you are interested in that post, I can send some links about that project.

Best wishes,
Andrew From Orel

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