radhermit@gentoo.org Tim Harder Use libevent for event handling Use NSS for SSL support in MSN and Jabber Enable support for encrypted conversations Enable support for plugins Use libpurple instead of the built-in IM protocol support Enable Twitter protocol support Bitlbee as an IRC to IM gateway. It provides an irc server that allows you to log on and then connect to various instant messaging protocols (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, etc).