Dummy protocol
Plugin:Dummy/en
| Dummy protocol | |
|---|---|
| No image | |
| Filename | Dummy.dll |
| Author | Robert Pösel |
| Download links | |
| Stable version: | 32-bit, 64-bit |
| Development version: | 32-bit, 64-bit |
Dummy protocol for Miranda NG.
What's purpose of this protocol?
This protocol is just dummy protocol which does nothing at all.
It is useful when some protocol became deprecated (like Skype, in future it will be MSN, etc.) and you want to preserve history of your contacts. You can "upgrade" your old Skype account to a Dummy protocol and then use your contacts as before (showing history and user details, except communicating with them, of course). Also you can make a MetaContact from this dummy contact and merge it with contact on different protocol to have complete history available from single contact.
How to "upgrade" protocol to Dummy
- Old protocol plugin must be unloaded (either remove his *.dll file or just disable it in Options / Plugins, and restart your Miranda)
- Open Accounts manager (Main menu / Accounts)
- Find and select protocol you want to transform to Dummy
- Click to "Upgrade" button at the bottom (if this button is disabled it means that plugin for that protocol is still loaded, continue with step 1)
- Select "Dummy" as protocol and press OK
- Select again your chosen protocol and at right side you'll fill 2 options:
- Unique ID setting: Here you must write name of setting that holds contact identifier for your upgraded protocol. Each protocol may have different name, you can find it by looking into Database Editor++ or protocol source codes. Here is list of basic protocols:
- AIM: "SN"
- Facebook: "ID"
- GG: "UIN"
- ICQ: "UIN"
- ICQCorp: "UIN"
- IRC: "Nick"
- Jabber: "jid"
- MRA: "e-mail"
- MSN: "e-mail"
- Omegle: "nick"
- Sametime: "stid"
- Skype (SkypeKit): "sid"
- SkypeClassic: "Username"
- Steam: "SteamID"
- Tlen: "jid"
- Tox: "ToxID"
- Twitter: "Username"
- VK: "ID"
- WhatsApp: "ID"
- XFire: "Username"
- Yahoo: "yahoo_id"
- Unique ID text: Here you can write anything but try to use only a-Z characters, for example: "ID"
- Unique ID setting: Here you must write name of setting that holds contact identifier for your upgraded protocol. Each protocol may have different name, you can find it by looking into Database Editor++ or protocol source codes. Here is list of basic protocols:
- Press OK and restart your Miranda