Subj : KICQ as an "Old New ICQ"
To   : Andrew From Orel
From : Arelor
Date : Thu Jun 24 2021 05:10:13

  Re: KICQ as an "Old New ICQ"
  By: Andrew From Orel to All on Wed Jun 23 2021 01:13 pm

 > 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 l
 > 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 
 > WinXP virtual machine as it described at manual (http://narodweb.ru/kicq.htm
 > 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 i
 > 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
 > 

I know it is a Duckduckgo or Gigablast away, but for the sake of keeping the
relevant content here, why is ICQ interesting (in your opinion) and what does
it offer to users?

I mean, if you want to get users you need a reason to get them on board...
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