Which Instant messenging does not expire after time?

**honeybear** · February 18th, 2012

Hello,

I would like to know which one never expires although you never check your Email, login, ...etc?

icq yahoo msn aim irc gmail gg

Gmail is surely forever.
gg expires after X months,
and the others please

Thanks

**BlouBlou** · February 18th, 2012

IRC is a protocol, there are a lot of networks which use it. Freenode accounts expires after 10 weeks +1 per week registered. OFTC accounts expire after 2 years, and other networks just don't offer registration.

About Gmail, I registered an account in 2009, and I tried to login using it in 2011, and still worked. So I recommend Gmail.

**honeybear** · February 19th, 2012

Originally Posted by BlouBlou

IRC is a protocol, there are a lot of networks which use it. Freenode accounts expires after 10 weeks +1 per week registered. OFTC accounts expire after 2 years, and other networks just don't offer registration.

About Gmail, I registered an account in 2009, and I tried to login using it in 2011, and still worked. So I recommend Gmail.

thank you

gmail looks a good choice indeed.

Would you know if AIM, MSN, expire after some time?

**BlouBlou** · February 19th, 2012

I've read about it, and it seems that msn accounts don't have a defined expiration-time. However, AIM deletes your accounts after 6 months of inactivity.

**Wild Man** · February 20th, 2012

Hi, I have a gmail account that I did not log into for five years and it was still active, and now I use it for ubuntu.
Thanks

**sadaruwan12** · February 20th, 2012

I use Gmail, MSN, and Yahoo and also FB I've cofigured all of them in my Pidgin IM it's gr8 and except for gmail account I don't check mail in MSN or Yahoo they've been there for ages.