Ever since my workplace migrated over to Gmail, I’ve been finding ways to use the various Gmail features without actually having to use the web UI of Gmail.
One of the features I wanted to use was chat (IM), but since the usual configuration won’t work, I had to do some trail and error on my own to get it working.
Without further ado, here’s how, in 2 simple screenshots:
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Hope you find it useful!


2012-05-25 at 02:50
Thanks for that, I had the same issue, and your screenshots worked like a charm
2012-07-14 at 08:59
thank you!
2012-12-14 at 03:16
Thank you! your screen shots made it easy :)
2013-01-18 at 02:35
Sweet :)
2013-03-08 at 06:40
Works! easy fix, thank you!