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Offline pseudox

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I get the following message when I log into aim via MIranda NG x86

"AOL System Msg  , : Hello. The version of AIM you’re using is going away as of March 15. To continue using AIM, please download the latest version here."
 

Offline jonwil

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I also got the same message earlier and now (for some reason) I cant connect to AIM at all.
 

Offline Vulpix

Well, AIM has been kinda wonky, on and off. It still works, but I have also received this message, so I assume it will not be possible to log in starting with 15th of March - unless someone updates the plugin; assuming the network specification is out.

Make sure to notify your AIM contacts you might be taking a long time off.
 

Offline Dimsok

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Strange politic from AOL. There are not so many users remained which still use their system. And with that update they are going cut of many of them. I think there are not so many users who want to install different soft for that unpopular in nowdays message system
 

Offline Vulpix

I agree; and I bet there is also no published protocol detail and if anything, it will need to be reverse-engineered...
 

Offline mng

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Re:Message from AIM system msg says AIM version is "going away"
« Reply #5 on: 25 03 2016, 16:25:17 »
You can use pidgin (libpurple) source code to implement updates.

I believe it can be found here:
https://pidgin.im/download/source/

Pidgin is working just fine right now with AIM.


Ticket: http://trac.miranda-ng.org/ticket/1186
« Last Edit: 25 03 2016, 16:27:41 by mng »
 

Offline Wishmaster

Please check if it has been fixed.
 

Offline Vulpix

It's not working.

I think pidgin does something differently, it uses "clientLogin". If you uncheck this option in pidgin, it behaves exactly the same as miranda - times out after a few seconds.

Miranda logs:

[10:49:33 4500] [Aimpix] Connection request to slogin.oscar.aol.com:5190 (Flags 4)....
[10:49:33 4500] [Aimpix] (11040578) Connecting to server slogin.oscar.aol.com:5190....
[10:49:33 4500] [Aimpix] (11040578) Connecting to ip 64.12.27.71:5190 ....
[10:49:39 4500] [Aimpix] src\netlibopenconn.cpp 727: connect() failed (1460)

My guess is that Pidgin uses a different method of connection.
 

Offline mng

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It's not working.

I think pidgin does something differently, it uses "clientLogin". If you uncheck this option in pidgin, it behaves exactly the same as miranda - times out after a few seconds.

Miranda logs:

[10:49:33 4500] [Aimpix] Connection request to slogin.oscar.aol.com:5190 (Flags 4)....
[10:49:33 4500] [Aimpix] (11040578) Connecting to server slogin.oscar.aol.com:5190....
[10:49:33 4500] [Aimpix] (11040578) Connecting to ip 64.12.27.71:5190 ....
[10:49:39 4500] [Aimpix] src\netlibopenconn.cpp 727: connect() failed (1460)

My guess is that Pidgin uses a different method of connection.

Current miranda-ng night build only works with AIM if you specify this:

Host: login.oscar.aol.com
Port: 5190
put checkmark Disable SSL

Yes, need to look into Pidgin how they implemented their clientLogin with Encryption.
 

Offline dartraiden

SSL disabled by default (until someone implement encryption)
http://trac.miranda-ng.org/changeset/16563

So plugin works without encryption?
« Last Edit: 31 03 2016, 13:15:59 by dartraiden »
 

Offline mng

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Re: Message from AIM system msg says AIM version is "going away"
« Reply #10 on: 31 03 2016, 13:18:21 »
SSL disabled by default (until someone implement encryption)
http://trac.miranda-ng.org/changeset/16563

So plugin works without encryption?
Yes it works without encryption for now.

You need to use night build from miranda-ng to get AIM working.
 

Offline dartraiden

Re: Message from AIM system msg says AIM version is "going away"
« Reply #11 on: 31 03 2016, 13:22:45 »
Ok. I'm ask this because developers are planning stable release. Half-working AIM better, than non-working :)
Also I'm add warning about broken SSL to our wiki.
« Last Edit: 31 03 2016, 13:25:16 by dartraiden »
 

Offline dartraiden

Re: Message from AIM system msg says AIM version is "going away"
« Reply #12 on: 08 04 2016, 16:22:17 »
Please test AIM SSL in next nightly build
 
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Offline DevinM389

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Re: Message from AIM system msg says AIM version is "going away"
« Reply #13 on: 10 04 2016, 19:26:57 »
It works!   :THUMBS UP:
 

Offline Vulpix

Re: Message from AIM system msg says AIM version is "going away"
« Reply #14 on: 10 04 2016, 19:34:46 »
Yup, works for me too