Multi-IM client with file transfer

I've been trying to find the ultimate multi-IM client which supports file transfers on all protocols... Quite ambitious, I know. I haven't found one, so I'll share my experience and ask for other suggestions. I'm mainly interested in Yahoo! Messenger, GTalk and Facebook Chat.
- Messages/iChat : great, except that the Facebook Chat account doesn't support file transfers. I only get a text: <contact name> sent you an image/file if I receive and an error if I try to send.
- Adium - no file transfers whatsoever. I know they have included this in "Known Issues", that it's actually a matter of luck whether file transfer works or not...
- Trillian - no file transfers on Facebook Chat.
- Nimbuzz - no file transfers on Facebook Chat.
- Psi - no file transfers on Facebook Chat.
I have yet to try the newly launched Flamingo, but I really wouldn't like to spend $10 for it...
Is there any way I could make Messages support file transfers on Facebook Chat? It would be my first choice, as it's deeply integrated into OS X and its iMessages support. I asked this on the Facebook Community, but still no answer. I have set up the Facebook Chat account as they say on the Facebook website.
Does it have anything to do with Mavericks?

Hi,
The Login should be the 5222 item out of those.
If you open the App in the Applications folder you will see listings for Messages and also IMAgent.
And
I do have several AIM valid IDs logging in.
Several are now using port 443 as is the Google Login I have running.
The two UDP ports ar much more likely to be the File Transfer ones.
The "report" page of Little Snitch may give details in the right hand column about the IP address of the server used and this may also list a name of the sever that can be helpful.
The port 80 listed is probably to verify your ID against the regular Facebook server.
That said the two UDP ports are nothing like any I have seen Messages use.
9:14 pm Thursday; November 21, 2013
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