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How to access Meebo if it is blocked

Meebo is a web instant messenger that currently supports AIM & ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, Jabber & GTalk and MSN. Instead of installing the instant messenger itself you simply login using the Meebo website which offers the same functionality as the standalone messenger.

Many schools and universities already banned the Meebo website from their networks and it was almost impossible to access Meebo from within the network. The Meebo team created a application called Meebo repeater which acts as a proxy and makes it possible again to use Meebo from within the network. The only catch is that it has to be running on a computer all the time, they suggest you run it from your computer at home which would mean you should pay a flat fee for the internet, otherwise this would not be practical.

All you have to do is download the Meebo repeater from the Meebo website, unpack it and run it. The Meebo repeater will automatically configure the service and tell you the internet address that you will have to use to connect to Meebo. You might have to configure your firewall to allow Meebo repeater access to the net.

Meebo repeater is open source and able to use SSL and standard connections to the Meebo network. If you can’t live without Meebo use th Meebo repeater, works great.

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About the Author:Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News Back in 2005. He is passionate about all things tech and knows the Internet and computers like the back of his hand. You can follow Martin on Facebook or Twitter.

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Responses so far:

  1. carotids says:

    Wow. What timing…

    How to Access Meebo behind a School or Goverment Firewall

  2. Alex says:

    That sounds like a lot of work just to be able to instant message during class, but it is an ingenious idea for those that can’t live without it.

  3. Martin says:

    carotids, tech-recipes and my site have many similar topics, sometimes I’am faster, sometimes they are.. but we usually write around the same time..

  4. DexTrOz says:

    It is now 7 days since your last review of Relakks. Do you want to update or add another one about it’s progress and what you are finding about it?

    Thanks.

  5. Z says:

    So what happens when your PC at home is blocked?

  6. I always like to see these work arounds. Its great the even the company helps with this. We had pagers back in the day and we werent allowed to have them in school, oh how cool that vibrate function was. The teacher never knew (or if they did they didnt care).

  7. Mark says:

    try www.koolim.com if meebo is blocked.

  8. Issac says:

    YOu should try Kool IM it’s a great app.

  9. steohanie says:

    check out www.koolim.com

    supports aim, icq, msn, yahoo, irc, jabber, sametime, etc.

    check it out, it rocks.

  10. alijaan says:

    can u give some other sites like koolim.com

  11. cadboury says:

    thx oilygarch, now i can online my yahoo massenger using http://neevo.tk/ but im not sure how long i can using this site coz afraid it will block by my IT Department same like they had done with www.koolim.com,http://www.verticalimits.uni.cc.

    tq!

  12. hannah says:

    u can also use www.iloveim.com/
    also http:/ webmessenger.msn.come default.aspx?r=1

  13. rain says:

    hi all

    try this site www.imo.im if Meebo is blocked

    it’s great

  14. Dave J says:

    I would strongly recommend against using Relakks. I signed up for a month with them, and they wouldn’t let me cancel.

    After emailing their customer support, which is useless, I had to contact Mastercard to stop them from charging me.

    They had made a total of 3 unauthorized payments to my card.

  15. edouard says:

    Best solution is www.surfnolimit.com

  16. Deepika says:

    Hello , I want meebo IP to access in office . No other proxies are working . Plz

  17. Puneet says:

    that meebo repeater is a trojan… do not download it

  18. rachael says:

    none of those work so try harder

  19. s3xy gurl says:

    gfjjh

  20. bachir says:

    my meebo has been bloked please open arabic chat rooms

  21. KarooLark says:

    If Meebo, Meebo repeater and the websites mentioned in the comments are not working, try KarooLark web messenger ( http://karoolark.com/ ), which supports most of IM networks, like Gtalk, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, Facebook Chat and AIM/ICQ

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