[Pidgin] #10884: Handle request for captcha from clientLogin

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#10884: Handle request for captcha from clientLogin
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 Reporter:  darkrain42  |        Owner:  MarkDoliner
     Type:  defect      |       Status:  closed     
Milestone:              |    Component:  AIM        
  Version:  2.6.4       |   Resolution:  worksforme 
 Keywords:              |  
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Changes (by MarkDoliner):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => worksforme


Comment:

 FYI AOL thinks this is fixed now.  Please let me know if anyone still sees
 this error message.

 1. I am seeing around 7% of requests to
 https://api.screenname.aol.com/auth/clientLogin return an empty response.
 I believe this is unrelated to the captcha request.  I've seen this in the
 past and it eventually went away or was fixed by AOL.  I've reported this
 occurrence to AOL.

 2. darkrain42: Thank you for being proactive and adding that error
 message.  I do think it makes sense to add something back in.  I liked the
 phrasing you suggested in d at cpi (I think it was you who suggested it).
 Something like, "The server requires you to respond to a CAPTCHA, but this
 client does not support it."

 3. It would probably be even better to actually support CAPTCHA requests.
 This is documented at
 http://dev.aol.com/authentication_for_clients#getCaptcha  But I don't know
 the circumstances that cause the server to ask us to fill out a captcha,
 and I don't know how you would test this.  I don't think this is a
 priority.  It's possible AOL will decide they'll never use the captcha
 request.

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