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Which 1 is the best and WHY?
Miranda OR Trillain
I have not heard of these before so which one would best.
Because I am getting sick of MSN messenger6.1 not doing it job proberly.

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Short answer: there is no single “best” — pick the client that fits what you need (lightweight/customizable, polished cross‑platform, or actively maintained). The original Miranda project has an active next‑generation fork with a large addon ecosystem; Trillian today is a maintained, cross‑platform product with business features and official support. (miranda-ng.org)

A note for thread context: this topic started in 2003, and the IM landscape has changed a lot since then. Some networks that existed then no longer do (for example, AIM was shut down on December 15, 2017), and protocol or API changes can make third‑party multi‑protocol clients stop working until plugins are updated. Multi‑protocol clients rely on backends/plugins to speak each service, so keep that in mind when a service won’t connect. (cnbc.com)

Practical checklist for (and anyone seeing the same problem):

  • Update Trillian to the latest build and try re-adding the account.
  • Verify the service type you chose (AIM vs ICQ vs IRC) and that the username format is correct for that service.
  • For IRC check server and port (common ports: 6667, or 6697 for SSL/TLS) and any server password/NickServ settings.
  • Turn off or reconfigure firewall/antivirus/router NAT temporarily to test connectivity.
  • Enable client debug/logging and paste the specific error lines into support/forums — those codes point to the root cause.
  • If the network has a web client or official client, test there to verify the account itself still works. Also check the product’s status/help pages before troubleshooting. (trillian.im)

If you want to try an alternative to Trillian or Miranda for multi‑network use, the GAIM project continued as Pidgin and remains a widely used open multi‑protocol client — useful to try if you need a different plugin/set of protocol backends. (pidgin.im)

— choose by what matters most (light touch and addons, polished vendor support, or open plugin flexibility) and follow the checklist above to narrow down connection problems.

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Which 1 is the best--Miranda OR Trillain, and WHY?

Miranda is free, and source code is available, as well. Trillian is a commercial product, with the free version being less-capable than the full version. Some feel that Trillian is a bit bloated and that Miranda's modular approach (loading only those interface modules that you need) leads to a smaller resource footprint. I don't use either one.

That's because there is yet a third choice: GAIM, from http://gaim.sourceforge.net. Like Miranda, it's free and source code is available. Personally, I like GAIM--but that's partly because it's available in both Windows and Linux versions, so moving between environments is easier.

Of course, there's nothing keeping you from downloading and installing all three and checking them out yourself...

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Theres also one called integrity or something which i have installed but rarely use. I tend to use trilian all the time as it lets me have mulitple accounts on the same media running at once which having clients running as separate identities does not permit

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Well at the minute I have downloaded trillian and so far so GOOD. I just now trying to get all my account to work I can get msn/yahoo but not AIM /IQC and IRC to work I to connect.
Any ideas which is the best way to connect to them best? :) :D

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run program you wish to messeage on seperatly :)

ive never liked multi client messnegers :)

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Thanks :cool:

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