Message notification in Pidgin

Pidgin ships with a message notification plugin, but it is not enabled by default. To make the taskbar item flash when a new message comes in:

• Go to Tools → Plugins and check “Message Notification”.
• Select “Message Notification”. When the item is highlighed , click on “Configure Plugin” button
• Under “Notify For”, check all three boxes: “IM windows”, “Chat windows” and “Focused windows”. Leave “Only when someone says your username” unchecked.
• Also check “Flash window”.
• Under “Notification Methods”, check “Flash window”.
• Click on “Close” button.