Aim not working on Pidgin

Bug #156043 reported by boggtj01
4
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pidgin (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: pidgin

When I login to Pidgin I can send messages via my other two accounts, msn & yahoo, but my aim account won't receive messages and now won't let me send messages. I get the "User is offline" message each time I attempt to send.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 22 21:26:23 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
Package: pidgin 1:2.2.1-1ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: pidgin
ProcCwd: /home/tboggs
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
Uname: Linux TBOGGS 2.6.22-14-386 #1 Sun Oct 14 22:36:54 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Tags: apport-bug
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boggtj01 (fireball-2006) wrote :
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Monika Eggers (monikakrug) wrote :

I can send messages to AIM users with Pidgin just fine. Are you sure that the users aren't indeed off-line? In contrast to off-line ICQ users, off-line AIM users cannot receive messages and "collect" them later when they log in.

Also, AOL has a feature that allows users to be "reachable by SMS" only. They appear on-line in the buddy list, but when you try to message them (no matter whether you are using AOL, AIM, Pidgin or any client) you get the error message that they aren't really on-line. Inside AOL one then has the option to SMS them (for money). Inside AOL, they have a cell phone icon besides their name, but Pidgin (and I think even AIM) cannot display it.

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Marlon Cisternas Milla (mcisternas-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in pidgin:
status: New → Invalid
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