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is an enhanced talk daemon - a program to handle incoming talk requests, announce them and allow you to respond to it using a talk client.

Introduction
is an enhanced talk daemon - a program to handle incoming talk requests, announce them and allow you to respond to it using a talk client.
Note that is designed to run on a single-user workstation, and shouldn't be run on a multi-user machine: since it reads users' configuration files, users can get the talk daemon to run any command, which is particularly dangerous. Do not use if you create accounts on your machine, to people you don't fully trust.
In this document, if somebody wants to talk to you, you are designated as the callee.
has the following features :
Answering machine 	 If the callee isn't logged on, or doesn't answer after the second announcement, an answering machine is launched, takes the message, and mails it to the callee.
Sound 	 If desired, a sound is played with the announcement.
X Announce 	 If compiled with installed, will use ktalkdlg, a dialog, for announcement. If is running, it will be asked to make the announcement itself. (New since 0.8.8).
Multiple displays annoucement 	 If you are logged remotely (⪚ with an export DISPLAY=... command), the X announcement will be made on this display too. Answer on the one you want! If you're also logged in a text terminal, and if you're not using xterms (internal restriction), then you'll see a text announcement too, in case you're using the text terminal at the time of the announcement.
Forwarding (New since 0.8.0) 	 You can set up a forward to another user even to another host if you're away. There are 3 different forwarding methods. See section Usage.
Configuration 	 If is compiled for , it reads config from config files, the sitewide ($KDEDIR/share/config/ktalkdrc) and the user one, in its home directory. The sitewide one has to be manually edited by the administrator, but there is now a configuration dialog for the user one. It's called kcmktalkd and can be found in the after installing . On non- systems, will read /etc/talkd.conf.
Internationalization 	 Under , the announcement will be in your language provided that you set it in the menus and that someone translated ktalkdlg to your language. The same goes for the configuration dialog, kcmktalkd.
Support for otalk and ntalk (New since 0.8.1) 	 now supports both protocols, even when forwarding. supports both protocols as well.
I hope you will enjoy this talk daemon,
David Faure faure@kde.org