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Question relating to the Messaging Menu which provides quick access to global messaging status and messaging applications from the Ubuntu Panel.

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How can I remove Empathy, and integrate Pidgin?

I don't like the Empathy chat client, and I want to use Pidgin instead, but I want to maintain the functionality Empathy has in the messaging menu. How can I do this in the cleanest way possible?
Musaab
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Is there a way to add Mozilla Thunderbird to the messaging menu?

I use Thunderbird instead of Evolution for my mail client, so I'd prefer if I could replace Evolution with Thunderbird in the messaging component of the Indicator applet. Does anyone know how to do this?
jumpnett
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Is there a way to add Google Calendar notifications to the indicator message applet?

Is there a way to have Google Calendar notifications through the message indicator applet without using Evolution? Something similar perhaps to "Gmailwatcher"? Or Is there a way to integrate Google Calendar with reminders into the calendar in…
J Bennett
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Developer documentation for the Messaging Menu?

The only documentation I have been able to find on integrating an application with the Messaging Menu is old and out of date: http://gnomejournal.org/article/67/an-introduction-to-the-message-indicator. And even that didn't have documentation for…
Isaiah
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How can I remove the default indicators and add custom ones?

I am trying to use the old Ubuntu feature of adding/removing indicators from the top panel in 11.10/12.04, but cannot do so. I have these questions: How can I remove or add indicator applet at top panel? How can I erase or add a panel ? How can I…
user8324
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Messaging Menu Keyboard Shortcut

In previous versions of Ubuntu, Super+M would open the messaging menu. In 11.04, the Super key is captured by the launcher. I have yet to find a way to quickly open the messaging menu from the keyboard.
Sean
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How to hide items in Unity's top panel?

I just updated to Natty and now the default top panel has icons for mail, chat, and power (lock, restart, etc.) In Lucid and Maverick I could just right click on them and remove from panel, but that doesn't seem to work anymore. How can I get rid of…
EmmyS
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Messaging Menu missing after upgrade to 12.10

Upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 today, and the messaging menu is missing. Might be because the only application that I use with the messaging menu is Pidgin. Is this an issue where pidgin has not been integrated with 12.10 ? I am assuming here that…
NitinAb
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How do I remove that envelope icon from the menu bar?

Possible Duplicate: How to remove the Mail icon indicator applet? Is there a way to remove that envelope icon from the menu bar? It's around the top right corner. It contains Chat, Evolution, Broadcast, Pidgin, ...
Thierry Lam
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How do I switch back to Evolution and ensure that it is integrated with the desktop?

I would like to use Evolution as the default mail client. Thus, I'd like to have Evolution integrated with the desktop instead of Thunderbird (especially concerning the mail symbol on the desktop bar). Has anyone experience 'reverting' to…
sgbmyr
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Is there a Gmail notifier that integrates with the Messaging menu?

how can i get it back in natty 11.04? thanks.
suli8
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Set default account in Empathy metacontact

When I link contacts in empathy, facebook becomes the default account used in a new chat. Is there a way to change the default account? I'd like to avoid using facebook whenever possible, and instead have different preferred accounts to use for…
zorkerz
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Stop Super+M from opening Messaging Menu

How can I make Super+M and Super+S work for compiz effects and not for indicator applet & indicator applet session in Lucid?
jamesadney
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Remove mail menu from indicator-messages

I'm using popper mail notification, which integrates into the messaging applet, therefore I have no use for the default message indicator entries. Is there a way to hide/remove them? I already disabled the thunderbird unity integration add-on.
Dinin
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Dynamic shortcuts for Messaging Menu?

I'm Unity Mail developer and I wonder if it's possible to add a shortcut to Messaging Menu from within the application (it's written in Python). I need to connect it's user-display to a function in the application. For example, this is needed for…
Dmitry Shachnev
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