[Pidgin] #2289: AIM times out and disconnects aproximately every 6 1/2 minutes

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#2289: AIM times out and disconnects aproximately every 6 1/2 minutes
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 Reporter:  Pizzmeister   |       Type:  defect
   Status:  new           |   Priority:  minor 
Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |    Version:  2.0.2 
 Keywords:                |    Pending:  0     
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 I am running Pidgin 2.0.2-3.fc7 on Fedora 7 Linux.  All of our instant
 messaging goes through a Facetime IM proxy server, and thus, the IP
 addresses for all of the major IM services are all configured in our
 internal DNS to resolve to private IP addresses.

 I use Jabber, Yahoo, MSN and AIM.  All are working fine except for AIM.  I
 log on, and as long as I stay active, I'm fine.  If I don't send/receive a
 message through AIM for over 6 1/2 minutes, I get disconnected.  Pidgin
 reconnects me, but this happens over and over again.

 This did not happen when I was running Gaim 1.5, but started happening
 with Gaim 2.0.  It has also happened with every version of Pidgin I've
 tried.

 Snooping the network traffic shows that Pidgin sends a ping packet
 (basically a keepalive) every 30 seconds for MSN and Yahoo, but does not
 send any type of keepalive for AIM sessions.  My theory is, the session
 times out with no activity.

 Solution?  I'm guessing that somehow the keepalive packet went away
 between Gaim 1.5 and 2.0, and has never been put back in.  Any chance we
 can get this back in the code?

 Thanks in advance for any help.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/2289>
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