[Pidgin] #3697: Unable To Add: Could not add the buddy 1 for an unknown reason.

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#3697: Unable To Add: Could not add the buddy 1 for an unknown reason.
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 Reporter:  ianzabel                          |        Owner:  MarkDoliner
     Type:  defect                            |       Status:  new        
Milestone:                                    |    Component:  AIM        
  Version:  2.2.2                             |   Resolution:             
 Keywords:  aim, unable, buddy list, unknown  |  
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Comment(by kalir):

 Replying to [comment:40 MarkDoliner]:
 > Buddy "1" is your buddy icon.  So Pidgin was unable to set your icon.
 >
 > In this case it seems like some group of servers at AOL was
 inaccessible, so we were either unable to connect or unable to issue a
 certain request.  And apparently we sometimes issue that request in a
 loop.  We definitely shouldn't show that error to the user more than once.
 We probably shouldn't show it even the first time.

 Sure, but the buddy list was blank for me on Pidgin, and for others who
 used AIM. Would an inability to set the buddy icon prevent the buddy list
 from being populated? Incidentally, it seemed that IMs could be exchanged
 if you knew the person's SN, as I received an IM on a name I was already
 signed into (and thus had a list and no errors), from someone using AIM
 that had just signed on, without a list.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/3697#comment:41>
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