never get spam either.... the whole thing started when icq popped up back in like 97-98 (i THINK) & we webmasters were primarily the ones online the most so we were like guinea pigs for this new form of communication. i remember having an icq number that was only 5 digits lol.... (lost that a long time ago).
anyhoo... you don't have to use icq anymore as there are apps that access several im services at once. try
Trillian for Windows &
Fire if you are a Mac/Apple user. enjoy
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