We hate to offer up a “hack” for the recent issue with our Gtalk/Jabber screen name but it’s starting to look like we might need another day or two to work out a permanent solution. Current Jabber users can add the screen name “IMified2@gmail.com” to your buddy list and interact with it the same as you would with the other screen name.

** Note: Presence based reminders will not work using this screen name. Reminders will still go to your IM client but will not be sent to your email and or mobile if offline.

Here’s a little insight into what’s going on. We connect to the talk.google.com server to run our Gtalk/Jabber screen name. We are a bit of an anomoly in that we are a screen name running on their server with an extraordinarily high number of buddies, all requesting and receiving presence when the buddy list loads. While we haven’t spoken to Google yet, it looks like their server(s) are having a tough time sending out our presence and receiving our buddies’ presence when we start up the bot.

We’re doing a bit of trailblazing here and expected to run up against some roadblocks along the way. Running a popular bot on different networks presents some challenges as each has their own quirks and rules. Thanks for sticking with us!

You now have the option to enter your mobile phone number in your account settings page to have your IMified reminders sent via text message to your phone if your screen name is not online. This means you’ll never miss a reminder even if, god forbid, you step away from your computer.

Just select the IMified menu option “My Account”, and click on the “Account Settings” link. You can choose to have reminders sent to your mobile, email, or both when your not online.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention this feature is free!

The recently introduced stikkit api seemed liked such a perfect match for use over IM that we just had to get it up and running asap. You can now fire off your stikkits directly to your stikkit site from your IM client. Go ahead and get stikkit with it.

LiveJournal integration is also complete. Something we wanted to launch with but just couldn’t get to it. We’re really amazed at the number of bloggers out there using IMified to get those thoughts out of your head and into your blog.

It’s been a crazy first 4 days for us and we’re really excited about all the buzz. The users continue to stream in by the minute and other than our issues with MSN, things are holding up really well. We haven’t experienced even a second of downtime besides a few minor network interuptions on AIM and MSN. Kudos to Anthony and Brandon who setup and manage the IMified servers.

Keep sending us your suggestions and feedback, we’re listening.

We noticed a fundamental flaw in the “shortcuts” feature and were forced to do a little reengineering. We’ve added a “/” to all of your shortcuts and require a “/” for any new ones added. If you forget about the slash when adding, don’t worry, we’ll pop it in there for ya. Sorry if this causes any inconvenience.

Thanks to everyone for sending in your feedback and suggestions. Please keep em coming on the forum