Which of the following is a multi-platform instant messaging client, based on a library named
libpurple?

A.
Evolution

B.
mutt

C.
Pidgin

D.
Thunderbird

Explanation:

Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) is a multi-platform instant messaging client, based on a library
named
libpurple. Libpurple has support for many commonly used instant messaging protocols, allowing a
user to log into various different services from one application.
What is Pidgin?
Pidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows a user to use all of his IM accounts
at once. It is a free software that can work with AIM ,Gadu-Gadu, Jabber, ICQ ,IRC, MSN, SILC,
XMPP, Yahoo!, and Zephyr Network. Anyone is free to use it and modify it, but if a user distributes
his modifications, he must distribute the modified source code as well.
The license of this communication software is Freeware, i.e. anyone can freely download and use
this communication software.
Answer options A and D are incorrect. Evolution and Thunderbird are Graphical mail clients in
Linux.
It is not an Instant Messenger.
What is Evolution?
Evolution is a full-featured personal and workgroup information management tool for Linux
systems, and is the default email client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It provides all of the standard
email client features, including powerful mailbox management, user-defined filters, and quick
searches. Its additional feature is a flexible calendar/scheduler, which allows users to create and
confirm group meetings and special events online.
What is Thunderbird?
Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and news client developed by
the
Mozilla Foundation.
Thunderbird can manage multiple e-mail, newsgroup and RSS accounts and supports multiple
identities within accounts.

Thunderbird incorporates a Bayesian spam filter, a white list based on the included address book,
and can also understand classifications by server-based filters such as SpamAssassin.
Thunderbird provides enterprise and government-grade security features such as SSL/TLS
connections to IMAP and SMTP servers. It also offers native
support for S/MIME secure email (digital signing and message encryption using certificates).
Answer option B is incorrect. mutt is an email client that manages emails within a text-only
environment. It is not an Instant Messenger.
What is mutt? mutt is a powerful tool for managing email within a text-only environment. This tool
is very important to access email even when a graphical interface is not available. Some of its
strengths are handling of message threads and flexibility. When mutt sees a series of related
messages, it displays each reply under the parent. mutt supports sending of attachments through
a mail. The following example describes how a file can be attached to a mail: echo “Sending an
attachment.” | mutt -a backup.zip -s “attachment” local@domain.com
This command will send a mail to local@domain.com with the subject (-s) “attachment”, the body
text “Sending an
attachment.”, containing the attachment (-a) backup.zip.