[Pidgin] #1921: When logging into AIM account gets "incorrect password" when the password is correct

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#1921: When logging into AIM account gets "incorrect password" when the password
is correct
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  Reporter:  Alexqw     |       Owner:  MarkDoliner
      Type:  defect     |      Status:  assigned   
  Priority:  minor      |   Milestone:             
 Component:  libpurple  |     Version:  2.0.2      
Resolution:             |    Keywords:             
   Pending:  0          |  
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Comment (by Alexqw):

 Ugh, my head hurts, that actually worked.  Even though the password is set
 the use upper and lower case, it only works if I type it all as lower
 case.  I went to aol.com and tried it with both mixed case and all lower
 case; both worked.  What's worse is if I type in the incorrect
 capitalization, it still works at aol.com.  So it seems that AOL converts
 it to all lowercase - ouch.
   I read something awhile ago that AOL only verified the first 8
 characters of a password and did it all in lowercase.  If this was the
 case all of the time I would think other users would have run into this
 issue and it would have been the default behavior in Pidgin.  But, I would
 guess that most pidgin users who use AIM are only AIM users and not AOL
 users.  This account is an AOL account.  Could it be that AIM accounts are
 case sensitive and AOL accounts are not?  This could be the case if AIM
 and AOL accounts are stored on different servers and use different
 password rules.
   Thoughts, comments?
   Thanks for the suggestion and the help from everyone else so far.

 ---Alex

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