Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:21:22 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pidgin 2.6.5 login QQ failed Message-ID: <20100122172122.GB1277@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4B5982AC.3020107@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4B56BE1F.4090800@gddsn.org.cn> <20100121232616.GB6999@guilt.hydra> <4B5982AC.3020107@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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--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--
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