For those with BIG ICQ contact lists.

[GOD]

GOD uses GAIM on both my desktop (Linux/XP dual boot), and a Linux laptop ...

I have TONS of contacts over ICQ/YAHOO/MSN/AIM/GTALK and I have no issues at all ...

I used Trillian for many years, but eventually looked for a replacement due to v3.x repeatedly 'orphaning' contancts, and Crulean seemed not to be in a hurry to fix it ...

Remember: no matter which IM software you use, if you save histories, once in a while they do need to be purged/deleted ...