Geeky Post – Configuring ichat to work with Facebook Chat

Do you know that you can configure your ichat to work with facebook chat? Its so easy to configure! Here are some of the screen capture of the configuration – and do pay particular attention the server configuration! Its not a default setting…

Settings are as follows:

  • Account type is Jabber account
  • Account name is your username@chat.facebook.com where username is http://www.facebook.com/username <– get this?
  • Server name chat.facebook.com
  • Port is at 5222

Account Information

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Server Information
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Here is the result!

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Hope this helps!

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