gtmess Messenger (c) 2002-2007 by George M. Tzoumas Page last modified on 25 February 2008 Latest client version is 0.94 (26 Dec 2007)

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR VERSION 0.94
The password in this version of gtmess is stored in the configuration file in an objuscated form. Please, replace any cleartext passwords with the objuscated ones by choosing Options/Password from the menu.

Welcome to the homepage of the gtmess messenger client; a console MSN Messenger client for Linux and other unix systems that conform to the POSIX standard.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Features

• supports MSNP9 protocol version
• portable to many unix (POSIX) systems
• console interface with menus (using curses)
• full unicode (UTF-8) support for input and output
• multiple threads (using pthreads)
• notification window (external Tcl/Tk script)
• contact ignore (no more complaints ;-))
• contact list cleanup (no more fake friends!)
• message logging
• sound effects (even with pc speaker!)

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Binaries

Precompiled binaries for different platforms are provided. Use of static binaries is not recommended, use only if the dynamic ones do not work and you cannot compile the program. For the dynamic ones, make sure you have the appropriate libraries installed (ncurses, openssl).

Since the sound files are common for all platforms, they are provided in a separate package (408K).

unix	architecture	type of binary	archive	size (K)
Debian Etch	x86	dynamic	gtmess-0.94-Linux-x86-etch.tar.gz	183
Debian Lenny	x86	dynamic	gtmess-0.94-Linux-x86-lenny.tar.gz	178
SuSE / openSUSE			PackMan :: Package details for gtmess

Source

• gtmess-0.94.tar.gz (312K)
• Sound files are provided separately (408K)

Ancient versions can be found here and all older versions at the file releases page.

Documentation

The documentation is included in the distribution. Here is an HTML version for on-line browsing:

• INSTALL
• README
• ChangeLog
• Manpage of gtmess (client)
• Manpage of gtmess_w (terminal launcher)
• Manpage of gtmess-notify (notification popups)

You can also see this FAQ. It has been derived from the lots of emails I get about gtmess. This FAQ is not included in the distribution!

Screenshot

The screenshot is at the top of the page. I hope you found the full size version!

Links

• Summary page at sourceforge.net
• Project's record at freshmeat.net
• MSN Messenger Protocol (unofficial site)
• Mess with MSN Messenger

have fun with gtmess!

send your comments about the program to geotz(at)hotmail.com