[Pidgin] #15174: Pidgin ICQ/AIM too frequent login

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#15174: Pidgin ICQ/AIM too frequent login
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 Reporter:  MatatTHC            |     Owner:  MarkDoliner
     Type:  defect              |    Status:  new        
Component:  ICQ                 |   Version:  2.10.3     
 Keywords:  too frequent login  |  
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 Hi,

 I'm using Pidgin 2.10.3 (libpurple 2.10.3) in Ubuntu. I'm unable to
 connect to ICQ/AIM in Pidgin (and also empathy).

 In the original setting it reports:
 """
 You have been connecting and disconnecting too frequently. Wait ten
 minutes and try again. If you continue to try, you will need to wait even
 longer.
 """

 I found a forum entry suggesting to use modified settings:
 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1944629

 When I disable the client login option as suggested in the forum I get:
 """
 ACCOUNTNR disabled
 Unknown reason
 """

 after much searching (and finding similar reports years old) I found a fix
 (not to be confused with solution):

 - login.icq.com (instead of slogin.oscar.aol.com)
 - disable encryption
 - disabled client login

 So the problem seems to be the combination of encryption and login server
 ...

 Thank you in advance.

 P.S. For completeness: I'm traveling upstream with this bug for some time
 now:
 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675969
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/993952

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