Re: Windows Live Messenger contacts showing as online even though they are offline
Maiku wrote: 2008/9/19 Richard Laager [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 11:37 +0200, Pepijn Schmitz wrote: I already have show offline buddies turned off, but Pidgin nevertheless shows some offline MSN contacts in my contact list, and shows them as online and available, with the green icon and everything. I have verified with Windows Live Messenger that they really are offline, and they don't appear to be receiving my messages. The common factor seems to be that all these contacts have a mobile phone icon next to their buddy icon in Pidgin. I'm seeing the same thing: users are NOT online, but are showing as online/mobile in Pidgin and don't receive messages I send them. As of 2.5.0, MSN has two ways it does mobile messaging. The first is when the contact sets up their mobile phone with MSN, possibly through an MSN client on their phone, and they will be able to log on and off with it. The other method is done when you set a contact's mobile number. Then you can send text messages to their mobile phone, but they appear always online. I'm starting to think there ought to be a distinction between the two modes as not everyone wants to use the latter mode. Also, there's no way to tell between a contact which is mobile through the first method or the second method (except possibly by the way it sorts by status). I'm not sure if the other protocols handle just one or both types of methods. With the first, it implies they're there. With the second, their phone could even be off. Exactly. At the very least I should be able to see the difference, but really I think Pidgin should follow the principle of least surprise and do what Windows Live Messenger itself does, which is apparently not to show these contacts as online at all. This is what somebody who uses that mode expects to happen in his contacts' clients. Kind regards, Pepijn Schmitz ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Invalid screen name
Hi, I am trying to access ICQ. I continually get an error 'Invalid screen name'. How do I find what my screen name is? I login at work on a MicroSoft platform but at home I use openSuse. begin:vcard fn:Neil Jackson n:Jackson;Neil org:Webcoza;Software Design adr;dom:;;;Kloof;KZN tel;work:+27 31 7632795 tel;fax:+27 31 7632960 url:http://www.webcoza.co.za version:2.1 end:vcard ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Invalid screen name
Neil Jackson wrote: Hi, I am trying to access ICQ. I continually get an error 'Invalid screen name'. How do I find what my screen name is? I login at work on a MicroSoft platform but at home I use openSuse. When you say you use a MicroSoft platform at work, do you mean ICQ? Are you using pidgin or the ICQ client? Certainly you can look in the work client at the setup and find your ICQ ID # there. Or, go to www.icq.com, there's gotta be a lookup utility to look up your ICQ ID. ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Invalid screen name
Evan Platt wrote: Or, go to www.icq.com, there's gotta be a lookup utility to look up your ICQ ID. Not really. :( It is available in the 'My Account' screen but ironically, You need to know it in order to Login to that screen. :-\ JOHN ;) Timestamp: Saturday 20 Sep 2008, 10:59 --400 (Eastern Daylight Time) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Invalid screen name
John Moore 3rd wrote: Not really. :( It is available in the 'My Account' screen but ironically, You need to know it in order to Login to that screen. :-\ Yep, there is. Go to Find People (People Search, Dating). I put in my first and last name, and searched. There's my ICQ link, Click on it, and you get http://www.icq.com/### where ## is your UIN or whatever ICQ calls it. ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Constant authorization requests
I have only noticed this with ICQ 2008/9/19, Azelindo Antonio Cremonese [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I know not if this is a bug nor if it has been fixed. Whenever I send a message [new instant message] to someone not in my contacts, an authorization request is also sent, without my consent. If it happen to be a bug, would there be a workaround? Cheers ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
RE: IRC option.
If you enter your password in the IRC account properties, then pidgin will automatically send the password to NickServ. I have use this on freenode and it works fine. David From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Shay Sent: Fri 19-Sep-08 23:33 To: support@pidgin.im Subject: IRC option. Hello, Would you mind adding starting message (or whatever its called in english ^^ ) option to IRC configuration? Other IRC clients (like Opera, XChat) have that option so i dont have to mannualy log into NickServ, it automatically write /ns identify password whenever i enter irc server. I think it would make many ppl happy :) ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: IRC option.
David Balazic wrote: If you enter your password in the IRC account properties, then pidgin will automatically send the password to NickServ. I have use this on freenode and it works fine. David This works only on freenode and similarly stupid IRC servers which chain the server password to NickServ. The password field on an IRC account is for the server password--i.e. a password which must be supplied in order to connect to the server. Nick passwords are provided by services, which are not part of the IRC specification. Authentication with services is covered in the FAQ at http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Protocol%20Specific%20Questions#IsthereawaytomakePidginautomaticallyidentifymeonlogin (and the question following that one covers authentication using only the features built into Pidgin). John signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Yahoo disconnects
anyone having trouble staying connected to yahoo? Past couple of days I'm getting dissconnected every so often.(havent really worked out the time yet) Is there a connection timeout for an inactive client? Has yahoo updated the protocal recently? Idle prying minds wanna know.. :) -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
