Ethan, Richard, Thanks for the reply, I was choked but I am OK now :)
Who should I send the DevID and distID? or if you don't mind I deliver it here? I don't know exactly what did you get from us to built AIM connectivity in your Pidgin client. OpenAuth path is https://api.screenname.aol.com/auth/clientLogin. AIM Legacy 7.5.x login path is kdc.uas.aol.com port 443. Please suggest 2 date/time for a quick call. Thanks, *Donald Le* *Tech Director | Product Management and Support AIM Platform* *O*: 703-265-5645 | *M*: 703-678-1073 *AIM*: donald...@teamaol.com *AOL Inc*. 22070 Broderick Drive Dulles, VA 20166 On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Richard Vickery <r...@sfu.ca> wrote: > > Original Message > From: Ethan Blanton > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 20:21 > To: Richard Vickery > Reply To: Ethan Blanton > Cc: pid...@alexoren.com; support@pidgin.im; Donald Le > Subject: Re: AIM login > > Richard Vickery spake unto us the following wisdom: > > Your "point of contact" is your company's IT department; we are > > merely volunteers. Are you aware of the term "open source"? > > I realize you retracted this comment, but this sort of thing is > becoming common (again) on this list. This comment is not directed > entirely at you, you simply have the misfortune of being my example. > > Users, please do not take it upon yourselves to "defend" Pidgin or > Pidgin developers. We are perfectly capable of doing so ourselves. > Most indignant user responses like this that arrive on the list are > misplaced. > > In this case, AOL has reached out to us, proactively, to notify us of > a change in the protocol that is going to affect Pidgin and libpurple > users. Asking for a specific point of contact to work through this is > a VERY reasonable thing to do. AOL's engineers are paid, and spending > time with a dedicated Pidgin developer at an established time is the > best use of everyone involved's time and effort. > > I suspect this specific comment was a reaction to the language, not > the content, and that is why it was retracted. However, rude > responses to other corporate employees are not necessary, either; I > have, for example, a form response that I send to confused Oracle > employes that is much more useful and helpful than the snark often > sent by list members -- particularly list members who have to have > seen my rote response multiple times, and do not even include the help > desk URL it contains. > > This is a community. I often send impatient and brusque emails, > myself (the archives are proof of that), but I do try to direct them > at those who deserve it. Please do the same! > > Ethan > > Thanks Ethan, > > This is very useful! My retraction was actually because my comment was > late by at least 15 minutes even before I began reading what I was replying > to and other more useful replies - where mine was completely useless, both > in tone and content - were posted. Although I would like to point out, in > defence, that if comments similar in content had not been made in the past, > likely at least started by developers, my comments would never be made. > > My apologies, > > Richard >
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