You can post messages to Portvangelists using a Jabber client on your computer, mobile phone, or other platform. (GTalk, Google's Jabber program, will also work.) This can be a convenient way to keep up with your friends on Portvangelists.
If you don't already have a Jabber account, you can use GTalk or one of the other public Jabber services. You'll probably also need an IM client like Pidgin.
Managing your IM settings
Use the IM settings page to set your IM preferences. You can add or change your Jabber address and set the flags for Jabber update.
When you add or change your address, you'll receive a message from update@portvangelists.org asking you to confirm the change. (You may need to add update@portvangelists.org to your buddy list before changing your IM settings; this is definitely true for GTalk.)
Sending updates
You send updates by sending messages to update@portvangelists.org. Messages should be less than 140 characters; longer messages will be truncated.
Commands
You can do some minor management of your account through Jabber. These are the currently-implemented commands:
- on: Turn on notifications. You'll receive copies of messages by people you subscribe to.
- off: Turn off notifications. You'll no longer receive Jabber notifications.
