UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I just installed Mandrake Linux and i'm pretty new to it so I have almost no idea what I'm doing. My computer connects to the net via a shared connection running on windows xp and i cannot get Licq to work on my computer. It will connect and allow me to send messages (with the force send through server option) but I cannot recieve messages. Does anybody know how to fix this or any tricks I should be aware of?

PS: A link on some info on how to use samba would also be greatly appreciated.

for the licq you should go to the website :

http://www.licq.org/ to get help on it.

http://us1.samba.org/samba/samba.html