Do I have a Jabber ID?

You can chat in Jaconda right from your Instant Messenger.
The only thing is you need to have a Jabber ID. The good part if you have an account on Google then you already have a Jabber ID and can start chatting right away. Just add your username and server from one of these services to the Instant Messenger of your choice.

Google Talk

Your Google Mail account username@gmail.com is your Jabber ID.
When setting up your Instant messenger enter your full Google Mail address as username, i.e. username@gmail.com and server is talk.google.com

Google Apps for Domain

If you're using Google Apps with your own domain name for Google Talk accounts you might have issues with Jaconda out-of-the-box. Check our Using Jaconda with Google Apps for Domain guide.

Jabber/XMPP Servers

XMPP-based software is deployed on thousands of servers across the Internet and by 2003 was used by over ten million people worldwide, according to the XMPP Standards Foundation. You can create new account on one of the public Jabber/XMPP Servers.

Other services

Also other sites like Livejournal, Facebook are adding chat capabilities for their users using XMPP/Jabber. But, unfortunately, their implementation of XMPP is not full and will not work with Jaconda.