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AmirRazoR
Asked: 2012-12-20 11:12:20 +0800 CST

How to see conversation history in "Pidgin Messenger" when using Ubuntu?

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I use "Pidgin" on Ubuntu instead of Yahoo Messenger, and i recently noticed that when i am offline and somebody writes me, "Pidgin" won't show it to me as offline messages, or when i write to my friend by "Pidgin" while my friend is offline, he won't get my offline messages either, and i didn't see an option to see conversation history. how can i fix these 3 problems?

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  1. Best Answer

    All the messenger logs will be stored under .purple directory located in your home directory.

    cd ~/.purple/logs/yahoo/

    this is the location where all your yahoo messenger chat logs will be stored.

    You can also view the logs by selecting "Conversation -> View Log" when you have the contact window opened.

    To send a message to a offline contact, use "Offline Message Emulation". Open "Tool->Plugins" and make sure you have selected "Offline Message Emulation". This will save the message you sent to a offline contact and the message will be delivered once he is online.

    If you are offline and a contact sends you a message that will be delivered to you when you come online.

    There are other good plugins for pidgin. To install the extra plugins use the command 

     sudo apt-get install pidgin-plugin-pack

    Hope this helps.

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  2. If you enable the "History" plugin, recent conversations will be shown in message windows. I find that very useful.

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