Is a furry is a Jabber/XMPP Chat. This means you can use the chat and your contacts without using the homepage. All you need id a messaging tool like Gajim, Pidgin or PSI. You can also register your new account with it.
Pidgin is a multi-messenger. This means you can use various messaging protocolls with it like ICQ, MSN or Yahoo Messenger, or MSN. Gajim can only use one Jabber account and Psi can handle multiple Jabber accounts, but only Jabber. You can download one of the programs by clicking on the name of it.
I suggest you Pidgin, because its able to handle more than just one account and it has many many plugins. Also one for encrypting your whole communication.
Here is how you use Pidgin with “is-a-furry.org”
If you installed Pidgin, you will get this at your first start. Click on “Add…”
After this, you can add your account. If you don’t have an account, check “Create this account in the server” if you already created an account on the homepage, you can leave this unchecked. Fill the rest of the form as its shown here. If you want to use an own Avatar pic, feel free to add it here. If you want to save your password, ther it there and check “remember password” – you can start pidgin without having to enter your password every time. On “Resource” you can type in what you want. “Laptop” or “PC” or “home” – feel free. “Local Alias” is what you will see as your username if you write a message.
If you created a new Account, you will see this picture. Just enter your username WITHOUT the @is-a-furry.org part.
If you unchecked the “Remember password” chackbox or created your account, you have to enter your password again. Don’t forget to check the box before your Username to activate the Jabber-ID.
Now you are finished. Your Jabber-ID is up and running. And now you can start adding people by pressing “Buddies” and “Add buddy”. You have to enter the full Jabber-ID of your friend and you can connect to all Jabber-Servers worldwide. Except Google and Facebook. They closed their servers for other Services. You can also add a chatroom. If you want to visit the is-a-furry.org chatroom, click on “Add chat…”
…and fill the form as you can see it below. I think the checkboxes are self-explaining.
Have fun and be furry!
By the way: My Jabber-ID is “Arsimael@is-a-furry.org” – Feel free to add me.
The pictures are broken and are not displaying for me.
Working on it.
Hi there
I’m trying to implement “openHAB”, which is a home automation system. It can use XMPP to notify me if something urgent has happened, like I’ve been burgled, my house is on fire or my dog has invited all his dodgy mates round for a party and they’re trashing the place.
I’ve added two new is-a-furry.org accounts, one for me and one for my HA system, which I’ve called Nichola, as I like to think of my house having a personality…
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Any help or suggestions would be vey welcome!
Sorry to hear about your homepage. I had a website a few years ago that got hacked and it was a horrendous amount of work to stop it happening again, so my sympathy is with you. Thankfully, I don’t do that anymore. Stress free life for me!
Cheers
Vitch
The Is-a-furry.org Server dows not accept unencrypted connection attempts.
You can try use “im.it-native.de” – this host accepts unencrypted connections (at least Client to server, Server to server is encrypted)
reasently i became a furry how do i tell my parents? please help me
Why is it so “bad” for you becoming a furry? IF you are concerned about the pron addicted weirdos, don’t contact them :3 – You are who you are. And parents shoudl support their kids no matter what.
Hey Dragori!
It’s so easy to come out and tell your parents, all you have to do is write them a note explaining why you wanna be a furry and how it makes you feel! also put a picture of your fursona on the note, hope this helps :3
lots of fuzzy lovin, Doe Deathlight <3 ^_^
Hi, I’m sorry as this is the inappropriate place to ask this question,
but I’ve lost my password for my is-a-furry account which I used for pidgin after a system crash on my ubuntu. I’ve made several tickets using your help/support button but I’ve never received a reply and I don’t think I will given the nature of the account (no specific details about the user…)
Is it possible to retrieve the password of the account? Should I persist in waiting for the support to review my ticket?
Please help ._.
In general: Create a ticket. – Which you allready did. And you also got an answere :3
I’m sorry, do you mean I got an answer to my ticket, because I haven’t ._.
The email I currently use is the one is posted this comment with :/
Oh… perhaps I have received an answer but, how do I know my ticket number? I don’t recall it showing anywhere :S :/ I feel so stupid
I just opened another ticket just to see if the ticket number shows anywhere… but it doesn’t… nothing on my email either… 🙁