[GnomeMeeting-list] thanks!!!

[william bastian <n9boe centurytel net>]

that answered my question.  the ymessenger available from yahoo for 
linux does not support video conferencing and they say they have no 
immediate plans to make it happen.  just goes to show that  it will take
some more market penetration by linux before they  sit up and take 
notice.  
   maybe netmeeting is what i am puzzling over, comes along with 
msnmessenger, have not used a web camera on that very often, it is not 
very good quality compared with ymessenger video, which is good
i do know you have to open TCP 5100 on the firewall in the router for 
the new super-web camera feature  that they have in the current 
ymessenger 5.5 that people with high speed access can use,  dsl or cable 
modem.  i am using a dsl modem and a linksys router to hook both my 
windows 2k and the linux  mandrake 9.0 computers up to the dsl modem. 
both computers have 256meg of ram and are running at 1 gig for 
processors, amd brand processors.  using ethernet 10-100 cards  to the 
router and ethernet into the dsl modem.  
i am using mandrake linux 9.0, the 8.2 mandrake linux had a copy of 
gnome-meeting with it, but it never worked.  this 9.0 does see a 
logitech netcam express, a picture comes up on the screen.  just do need 
to know what to put in the address to make things happen, to get onto 
something like netmeeting.  again, i  understand that gnome-meeting is 
evolving and has not even reached 1.0 yet,  so writing a extensive 
instruction book for it might  be a bit of a waste of time since it will 
be changing.  
   so what do i put in that address window when it shows up?? the 
msnmessenger ID of the person i would like to netmeet with?  is there a 
special syntax or order?  remember, like a lot of windows user i am 
pretty much a point and click specialist(build my own computers and and 
get them running, including windows, and attempting to learn the linux 
mandrake operating system, which IS considerably different) so slowly 
attempting to learn the linux operating system a little at a time.  
 thanks for answering that question!  dissipates some fog!! i will also 
work on cutting down the length of my responses.thanks for your 
patience. bill