Alternate AIM server address ignored?

[Michael McConville]

Matthew S Wallace wrote:
> I’m trying to configure Pidgin (2.10.11-1) to connect to an IM proxy
> server (operated by Smarsh for compliance logging) and I’ve noticed
> two separate problems:
> 
> 1.  If I do not have “Use client login” checked, it won’t connect.
> This may very well be a problem/limitation with the proxy server.
> 2.  If I do have “Use client login” check, Pidgin seems to silently
> ignore the server address I’ve specified and connects to oscar.aol.com
> <http://oscar.aol.com/> just fine.

Are you sure that it isn't connecting to oscar.aol.com through the
proxy? Does it mention connecting to the proxy at all in that case? When
using a proxy, Pidgin will report the addresses that it connects to,
only mentioning the proxy when it's first set up.