Odd issue when trying to activate an AIM screenname.

Zirith tor zeraxdr at gmail.com
Thu Jan 14 23:26:32 EST 2010


Well, it worked, but I had to *UNcheck it, heh. Thanks.*

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Evan Platt <evan at espphotography.com> wrote:

> On 1/14/2010 8:11 PM, Zirith tor wrote:
> > When I tried to log on to Pigin the other day, I was greeted with the
> > message "Received unexpected response from
> > http://api.oscar.aol.com/aim/startOSCARSession", and I cannot figure out
> > what it means. It only happens when I try to log in using an AIM profile,
> I
> > can log in any other type and there's no issue. I'm tried changing
> settings
> > and reinstalling, to no avail. I can log in to my AIM profile on AIM
> itself
> > with no problem as well. Is there a known fix or something else I'm not
> > thinking of?
>
> From http://www.pidgin.im:
>
> Having trouble with AIM/ICQ? Uncheck 'Use clientLogin' on the advanced
> tab of the account settings.
>
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