SMS alert in Google Talk

Submitted by enlively on Sat, 02/23/2008 - 00:19.

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Hi friends, the wait for SMS alert in google talk is finally over, here is a way how you can get SMS alert from google regarding people who SMSed you while you were offline.

Install Pidgin Im client.
You can get it here http://toptechsite.com/about-pidgin-messenger
Create a google account, go to google calenders and in the settings tab (on the top right corner), go for notification settings. Create a SMS alert for it. Type your mobile number in the format +91XXXXXXXXXX. and verify your mobile
If you are Windows user, download the Plugin. Unzip it and copy the file named gsms.dll in the folder :
C:\Program Files\pidgin\plugins
Configure the plugin.
Open the Plugins from the main window of Pidgin, and then so the following things

Gmail account: your gmail e-mail (example: foo.bar@gmail.com).
Password: password for specified account.
Timeout: Number of minutes for gsms to collect chats until it sends them.
Calendar feed path: Which calendar to use (example: "/private/full" translates to: http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/foo.bar@gmail.com/private/full)
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