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Centericq is a text mode window and menu driven IM interface with support for suppport for the ICQ2000, MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, IRC Centericq is a text mode window and menu driven IM interface that comes with suppport for the ICQ2000, MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, IRC, Gadu-Gadu and Jabber protocols.
Actually, it was written since I didn't find any usable software of this kind that would suit me perfectly.
Here are some key features of "Centericq":
Text mode user interface
Based on the ncurses library
Provides windows, menus and dialogs
Configurable color schemes
Ability to use the program remotely via telnet or ssh
Configuration is done with dialogs
Support for displaying Hebrew and Arabic texts
UI messages translated into 15 languages
General instant messaging features
ICQ, Yahoo!, AIM, IRC, MSN, Gadu-Gadu and Jabber are supported
Sending, receiving and forwarding events
Command line parameters for sending events through an already running instance
Mass-sending events
Contact list groups support
Configurable sounds for specific events and users
External programs to process incoming events
Viewing users' personal data
Updating self user info
List of ignored users
Configurable servers' hostnames and port numbers
Ability to use http proxy (method CONNECT; optionally with proxy auth) to connect to IM servers
ICQ support
Sending and receiving messages, URLs, contacts and SMSes
Receiving e-mail express and web pager messages
Delivery of SMSes through e-mail gateways supported by Mirabilis
Sending SMSes to any phone numbers, feature to send from the command line
Searching for users by their UINs, through White Pages and by keywords
Random chat: searching for availble persons and setting own chat group
Registering of new UINs
Setting own and reading others' away messages
Server-based contact lists
Controllable visibility and invisibility for specific users
Peer-to-peer port range specification
Yahoo! support
File transfers
Conferencing
Fetching of custom status messages
Typing notifications
Searching for users through directory
Jabber support
Users directory search
PGP encryption for messages
SSL secured connections
vCard information: both fetching and updating
Registration on services supported by server
Invisible mode
Groupchat
IRC support
Support for private and channel-wide chat
Showing IRC contacts on the list as well as detecting their being online
Advanced user listing modes
NickServ authentification support
File transfers
The PING command
Password protected channels
Integrated client for LiveJournal
Posting of entries into a journal
Friend list management tools
Notifications about new entries in friends' journals
Notifications when someone adds or removes your account from their friend list
Notifications about birthdays of LJ friends
Other
Integrated RSS-feeds reader
Builds and works under Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Sun Solaris, Windows and MacOS X/Darwin
Script for migrating contact list and history from licq, kxicq2, gnomeicu and micq
Logging of program's actions
Re-reading the configuration on-fly if changed
Extensive and interesting documentation
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