From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 22 17:29:33 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 732371065676 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:29:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-158.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-158.bluehost.com [67.222.39.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 41AFF8FC0C for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:29:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 11906 invoked by uid 0); 22 Jan 2010 17:29:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by outboundproxy5.bluehost.com with SMTP; 22 Jan 2010 17:29:28 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=D6mYxYCEJTUdHuDJkNJENeK5yrLbLnaSQBHZZnlimuu9l1d4EpGG6UpsOIVpdenuxxniexmNl3yRTKLlJK9EiNzBY+1aSxBvF7gffmfz4La4wLwvj7bc2OT3iXst2YOU; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NYNK2-0006Kn-D8 for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:29:28 -0700 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:21:22 -0700 Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:21:22 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100122172122.GB1277@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <4B56BE1F.4090800@gddsn.org.cn> <20100121232616.GB6999@guilt.hydra> <4B5982AC.3020107@infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B5982AC.3020107@infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Cc: Subject: Re: pidgin 2.6.5 login QQ failed X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:29:33 -0000 --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:49:16AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Chad Perrin wrote: > >On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 04:26:07PM +0800, wsk wrote: > >>hi, > >> upgrade all software after upgrade to 8.0. and now found that > >>pidgin login qq failed. any ideas? > > > >If you're talking about AIM or ICQ, it seems that AOL has changed the way > >servers handle logins so that the previous method doesn't exactly work > >properly any longer. There's a work-around that involves opening up the > >Edit Account dialog for the AIM or ICQ account in question, clicking on > >the Advanced tab in that dialog, and unchecking the "Use clientLogin" > >checkbox there. The potential security implications of this work-around > >are still being explored, and the Pidgin people are apparently trying to > >get AOL to clarify its "best practices" recommendation for how to handle > >logins, but in the meantime this work-around might help solve the problem > >you're having with logins. > > >=20 > qq.com is a social networking site and a messaging application that's > very big in China. Which means it's basically the biggest in the > world... It has it's own chat / IM protocol, nothing to do with AOL. Ah, I didn't realize that such a protocol existed. I thought perhaps all the references to "QQ" were just that bizarre "crying" abbreviation that I think originated in the Philippines. My mistake. Feel free to ignore what I said about AIM and ICQ, then. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAktZ3pIACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXyTwCfV7gb8wtrpaPAuxkwc7VA4zIh TD8An0hwfZhGYvdGqrQbipz7RJjk479B =wT3P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R--