Now you have connected Kopete and your account. The window should look like this:

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Connected

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To add a contact press Add in the toolbar and choose your account (in this case it is your UIN), or you can use the menu File → Add Contact → your account. There you can enter the UIN of the person you want to add.

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If you do not know the UIN, but perhaps the nickname or the e-mail address of a person, it is also possible to search for your contact. Click on the Search button.

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It is also possible to search UINs

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