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      type="topic"
      id="create-account">
  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="add-account"/>
    <desc>
      Register an account with one of the supported messaging services.
    </desc>
    <revision version="3.0" date="2009-06-21" status="draft"/>
    
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
      <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
    </credit>
    <copyright>
      <year>2009</year>
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
    </copyright>
    
    <license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>
    
    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    />
  </info>

  <comment>
    <cite date="2009-06-14"><name>Milo Casagrande</name></cite>
    <p>Section about how to create an account.</p>
  </comment>

  <title>Register for a new account</title>
  
  <p>
    You can freely create an account on any of the services listed below. 
    Follow the instructions reported on each website on
    how to register your new account.
  </p>
  <p>
    At the end of the registration process you should have a <em>user
      name</em> (or an <em>account ID</em>) and a <em>password</em>
      that you will use to add the account to <app>Empathy</app>.
  </p>
  <p>
    Click on the name of the service to visit its website.
  </p>
  
  <section id="im-services">
    <title>Instant Messaging Services</title>

    <list>
      <item>
        <p>
          <link href="http://dashboard.aim.com/aim">AIM</link>
        </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>
          <link href="http://www.google.com/talk/">Google Talk</link>
        </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>
          <link href="https://www.icq.com/register/">ICQ</link>
        </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>
          <link href="http://register.jabber.org/">Jabber</link>
        </p>
        <note>
          <p>
            It is possible to use the automatic creation of accounts
            with this service and <app>Empathy</app>. Not all the
            service providers support it. One service provider known
            to work is <em>jabber.org</em>, the default one of the application.
          </p>
        </note>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>
          <link href="https://accountservices.passport.net">MSN</link>
        </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>
          <link href="https://login.yahoo.com/config/login">Yahoo!</link>
        </p>
      </item>
    </list>
  </section>

  <section id="local-service">
    <title>Local Instant Messaging Services</title>
    <p>
      This service works when you are connected to a local network,
      you do not need an Internet connection in order to use it.
    </p>
    <list>
      <item>
        <p>
          <em>Salut</em>
        </p>
      </item>
    </list>

    <p>
      For more information, see <link type="seealso"
      xref="salut-protocol" />.
    </p>

  </section>

  <section id ="sip-services">
    <title>Telephony Services</title>

    <p>
      These services will let you do voice call over the Internet with
      other people using the same service or even to normal phones. 
    </p>
    
    <list>
      <item>
        <p>
          <link href="https://www.ekiga.net/index.php?page=register">Ekiga</link>
        </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>
          <link href="https://signup.sipphone.com/new-users/app?class=NewUser;proc=start">Sipphone</link>
        </p>
      </item>
    </list>

    <note>
      <p>
        In order to call normal phones over the Internet, you may need
        to subscribe to a paid service. For more information, please
        refer to the instructions provided on the website of the
        service you will use.
      </p>
    </note>

  </section>
</page>