<s>
Ayttm	B-Protocol
(	O
pronounced	O
"	O
item	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
A-Y-T-T-M	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
multi-protocol	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
client	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ayttm	B-Protocol
primarily	O
supports	O
one-to-one	O
and	O
group	O
chatting	O
on	O
MSN	B-Protocol
,	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
ICQ	B-Protocol
,	O
AIM	B-Protocol
,	O
XMPP	B-Protocol
and	O
IRC	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
support	O
for	O
sending	O
rudimentary	O
emails	O
via	O
SMTP	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
send	O
SMS	B-Device
via	O
email	O
to	O
SMS	B-Device
gateways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ayttm	B-Protocol
also	O
supports	O
webcams	B-Protocol
on	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Messenger	O
,	O
and	O
voice	O
chatting	O
over	O
MSN	B-Protocol
using	O
Ekiga	B-Language
(	O
formerly	O
GnomeMeeting	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
contacts	O
belonging	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
person	O
-	O
but	O
in	O
different	O
protocols	O
-	O
are	O
grouped	O
together	O
,	O
Ayttm	B-Protocol
can	O
automatically	O
continue	O
the	O
conversation	O
using	O
another	O
protocol	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
original	O
protocol	O
connection	O
fails	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
known	O
as	O
fallback	O
messaging	B-Protocol
to	O
its	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
contact	O
is	O
tied	O
to	O
a	O
particular	O
language	O
,	O
messages	O
can	O
be	O
automatically	O
translated	O
using	O
Babelfish	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aycryption	O
is	O
a	O
filter	O
that	O
facilitates	O
encrypted	O
chat	O
using	O
GPG	B-Application
keys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
outgoing	O
text	O
is	O
encrypted	O
using	O
the	O
remote	O
contact	O
's	O
public	B-Application
key	I-Application
,	O
and	O
incoming	O
encrypted	O
text	O
is	O
decrypted	O
using	O
the	O
local	O
private	B-Application
key	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ayttm	B-Protocol
's	O
plugin	B-Application
architecture	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
for	O
new	O
protocol	O
support	O
to	O
be	O
added	O
without	O
modifying	O
the	O
core	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plugins	B-Application
must	O
be	O
compiled	O
against	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
and	O
will	O
only	O
work	O
with	O
core	O
versions	O
that	O
are	O
binary-compatible	B-General_Concept
with	O
the	O
core	O
version	O
that	O
the	O
plugin	B-Application
was	O
built	O
against	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Five	O
types	O
of	O
plugins	B-Application
are	O
supported	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Service	O
plugins	B-Application
-	O
for	O
protocol	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
:	O
MSN	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Filter	O
plugins	B-Application
-	O
to	O
modify	O
incoming	O
and	O
outgoing	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
result	O
was	O
Ayttm	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ayttm	B-Protocol
first	O
made	O
it	O
into	O
savannah	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
CVS	B-Application
repository	B-Architecture
on	O
December	O
21	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
almost	O
daily	O
developer	O
releases	O
were	O
made	O
:	O
It	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
on	O
Freshmeat	O
on	O
December	O
27	O
,	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
citing	O
availability	O
issues	O
with	O
Savannah	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
SourceForge	B-Application
where	O
it	O
remains	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
0.2.2	O
of	O
Ayttm	B-Protocol
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
1	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
release	O
of	O
Ayttm	B-Protocol
is	O
0.6.3	O
and	O
was	O
made	O
on	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Yattm	O
"	O
was	O
originally	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
name	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
misspelt	O
by	O
Colin	O
Leroy	O
when	O
he	O
registered	O
the	O
project	O
on	O
Savannah	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CVS	B-Application
log	O
on	O
Savannah	B-Protocol
shows	O
that	O
the	O
executable	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
from	O
"	O
yattm	O
"	O
to	O
"	O
ayttm	B-Protocol
"	O
on	O
January	O
16	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
expansion	O
for	O
Ayttm	B-Protocol
was	O
provided	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Ayttm	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
backronym	O
and	O
credit	O
for	O
coining	O
this	O
term	O
goes	O
to	O
Natasha	O
Sharma	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
ports	O
use	O
the	O
GTK+	B-Application
graphical	B-Library
widget	I-Library
toolkit	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
and	O
is	O
Copyright	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
