Thanks Crystal. I don't believe the pidgin team made any additional changes, so 
I assume you found a way to work around the issue below?

> On Apr 11, 2017, at 11:52 AM, Crystal Birnie <crystal.bir...@teamaol.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Confirmed. The change was made.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Apr 11, 2017, at 11:40 AM, Mark Zeldis <mark.zel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Donald,
>> 
>> Can you confirm that you made the change last night?  I believe that the MD5 
>> login (and AIM 7.5) are gone.  
>> 
>> Pidgin appears to be working still.  I guess there was no issue after all?  
>> Are we good going forward?
>> 
>> Thanks everyone.
>> 
>> -Mark Zeldis
>> 
>> 
>>> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Donald Le <donald...@teamaol.com> wrote:
>>> Eio et al,
>>> 
>>> I was able to verify with Pidgin 2.12.0, startOSCARSession has the correct 
>>> info distId=1715&f=xml&k=do1UCeb5gNqxB1S1 but they were not passed through 
>>> our rules.
>>> 
>>> Could you add to imApp=Pidgin/2.12.0 the devID? It should read: 
>>> Pidgin/2.12.0 key=do1UCeb5gNqxB1S1.
>>> 
>>> Our trace log should read: Got FLAP CLIENT IDENTITY Pidgin/2.12.0 
>>> key=do1UCeb5gNqxB1S1
>>> Note:...2.12.0(space)key...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Donald Le
>>> 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 Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 10:49 PM, Eion Robb <e...@robbmob.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Donald,
>>>> 
>>>> We've heard through a few of our support channels that you're still seeing 
>>>> people not using the correct details when they're logging into AIM from 
>>>> Pidgin.
>>>> 
>>>> Dequis emailed you last month with the urls that we're fetching that are 
>>>> indeed showing distId=1715 and devId=do1UCeb5gNqxB1S1 - he also asked if 
>>>> you could send through the details of your Pidgin version that you were 
>>>> testing with.
>>>> 
>>>> Are you able to confirm which auth URLs we should be using so we can try 
>>>> track down why you're not seeing the updated distId/devId?
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Eion
>>>> 
>>>>> On 14 March 2017 at 05:01, dequis <d...@dxzone.com.ar> wrote:
>>>>> Hi, can confirm that finch is fixed now, thank you!
>>>>> 
>>>>> That issue with pidgin 2.12.0 is really odd! I just tested both windows 
>>>>> installers (online and offline) and they seem fine. We did have one user 
>>>>> reporting a similar issue, but we couldn't reproduce it or explain it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please verify the version with buddy list -> help menu -> about, the 
>>>>> first line should say "Pidgin 2.12.0 (libpurple 2.12.0)" followed by 
>>>>> "unknown". Also, help menu -> plugin information should say 2.12.0 for 
>>>>> the AIM plugin. That kind of mixup is rare but who knows!
>>>>> 
>>>>> You can also enable extra debug by opening cmd.exe and doing "set 
>>>>> PURPLE_UNSAFE_DEBUG=1" before executing pidgin.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Then open help menu -> debug window and connect the account. This is what 
>>>>> I get:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>> (12:27:52) certificate: Successfully verified certificate for 
>>>>>> api.screenname.aol.com
>>>>>> (12:27:52) util: Request: 'POST /auth/clientLogin HTTP/1.0 
>>>>>> Connection: close 
>>>>>> Accept: */* 
>>>>>> Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8 
>>>>>> Content-Length: 85 
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> devId=do1UCeb5gNqxB1S1&f=xml&pwd=[password]&s=dx%40dxzone.com.ar'
>>>>>> (12:27:53) util: Response headers: 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>> (12:27:53) util: requested to fetch 
>>>>>> (https://api.oscar.aol.com/aim/startOSCARSession?a=[access 
>>>>>> token]&distId=1715&f=xml&k=do1UCeb5gNqxB1S1&ts=1489418868&useTLS=1&sig_sha256=[signature]),
>>>>>>  full=1, user_agent=((null)), http11=0
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> So as far as I can see everything is fine. I hope that helps narrow it 
>>>>> down.
>>>>> 
>>>>> By the way, is the message supposed to be shown on every login from a 
>>>>> legacy auth method? I don't see it when I intentionally set pidgin to 
>>>>> connect to "login.oscar.aol.com" with "don't use encryption" and 
>>>>> "MD5-based" - it just succeeds without complaining.
>>>>> 
>>>>> By the way, slogin.oscar.aol.com is down but login.oscar.aol.com isn't. I 
>>>>> thought slogin.oscar.aol.com was supposed to die at the end of this 
>>>>> month. I think that's breaking adium (mac OS X pidgin derivative) and we 
>>>>> still haven't managed to contact their devs to fix it. So what is the 
>>>>> fate of slogin supposed to be?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 13 March 2017 at 09:38, Donald Le <donald...@teamaol.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi again,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I download Pidgin 2.12.0 and test login. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The "new" distID and devID were not used, and I received the upgrade 
>>>>>> message.
>>>>>> The client is still on the old distID and NO devID.
>>>>>> Could you double-check?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> LSI: PLOT  4224.8888   1502    10.172.189.32   Mon Mar 13 08:02:11 2017  
>>>>>> bos_srv-l014b        Mon Mar 13 08:20:19 2017 bos_srv-l014b              
>>>>>>                         
>>>>>> LSI: PLOT  4224.8888   1502    10.172.189.32   Mon Mar 13 07:43:23 2017  
>>>>>> bos_srv-l014b        Mon Mar 13 07:49:22 2017 bos_srv-l014b
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Donald Le
>>>>>> 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 Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 7:33 AM, Donald Le <donald...@teamaol.com> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The third said in the original email "No usage since August 2014 so no 
>>>>>>> need new DistID and DevID", which is clearly wrong. There's also that 
>>>>>>> "another libpurple" with distid 1502 which doesn't match any client we 
>>>>>>> own, and we don't know how you found that one.
>>>>>>> I can't explain but you did the right thing to use 1718 for Finch.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Did the 1718 distid get invalidated? Can you re-enable it so that we 
>>>>>>> don't have to make another release?
>>>>>>> Please try again now and let me know, I correct a typo in the devID 
>>>>>>> just now.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Donald Le
>>>>>>> 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 Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 1:25 PM, dequis <d...@dxzone.com.ar> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hey Donald!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> As you may have heard we already released pidgin 2.12.0 (together with 
>>>>>>>> libpurple and finch 2.12.0), updating the distid/devids.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Here's what we used:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Pidgin:
>>>>>>>> Distid: 1715
>>>>>>>> Devid: do1UCeb5gNqxB1S1
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Libpurple:
>>>>>>>> Distid: 1717
>>>>>>>> Devid: ma19CwYN9i9Mw5nY
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Finch:
>>>>>>>> Distid: 1718
>>>>>>>> Devid: ma18nmEklXMR7Cj_
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> The first two are normal.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> The third said in the original email "No usage since August 2014 so no 
>>>>>>>> need new DistID and DevID", which is clearly wrong. There's also that 
>>>>>>>> "another libpurple" with distid 1502 which doesn't match any client we 
>>>>>>>> own, and we don't know how you found that one.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> So for the sake of avoiding a roundtrip in our communication and 
>>>>>>>> getting the release packaged ASAP, we went ahead and used the 
>>>>>>>> remaining 1718 distid for finch.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> This looks like it was a mistake, since we're now getting "Method not 
>>>>>>>> allowed - clientLogin Not Allowed for this devId" errors in finch.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Did the 1718 distid get invalidated? Can you re-enable it so that we 
>>>>>>>> don't have to make another release?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 27 January 2017 at 01:54, Donald Le <donald...@teamaol.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> All, 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> My comments are inline.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>> <image001.png>
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Donald Le <donald...@teamaol.com> 
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> All,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Quick update: we had to delay AIM client upgrade due to other 
>>>>>>>>>> integration, the date is tbd.
>>>>>>>>>> I will answer your questions in the coming weeks.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>> <image001.png>
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 2:58 AM, dequis <d...@dxzone.com.ar> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi, I have a couple of questions, since there may have been a
>>>>>>>>>>> misunderstanding here.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Pidgin currently supports three auth methods for AIM:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> - MD5 using slogin.oscar.aol.com. Uses the DistID, does not use the 
>>>>>>>>>>> DevID
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> <Donald> All DistID used for login.oscar.aol.com and 
>>>>>>>>> slogin.oscar.aol.com will be blocked. The date is tbd and AIM client 
>>>>>>>>> upgrade will start Feb 24th 2017.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> - clientLogin aka OpenAuth using
>>>>>>>>>>> api.screenname.aol.com/auth/clientLogin. Uses DistID and DevID. Has
>>>>>>>>>>> been the default setting for pidgin releases since 2009
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> <Donald> This login path will stay but you need to update the DistID 
>>>>>>>>> and DevID. We will give you a new set. 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> - Kerberos using kdc.uas.aol.com. Uses DistID and DevID. Introduced 
>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>> pidgin 2.11.0, released four months ago.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> <Donald> Same as above with OpenAuth. 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> If I'm understanding this right, the first method is being
>>>>>>>>>>> discontinued and the other two will continue working. It's possible 
>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>> lot of users are using that - the account setting is a bit too
>>>>>>>>>>> visible, so users might just switch to it for the sake of changing
>>>>>>>>>>> settings. But as far as I can see, pidgin with the default
>>>>>>>>>>> configuration won't stop working.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> <Donald> If Pidgin uses DistID = 1502 or 0, the login will be 
>>>>>>>>> blocked. 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> What I don't understand is why we're changing the DistID and DevID.
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm 90% sure that clientlogin sends both in the same way as the
>>>>>>>>>>> official client. Did the previous ones get invalidated?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> <Donald> Yes. 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> We're currently using these:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Pidgin
>>>>>>>>>>> DistID: 1550
>>>>>>>>>>> DevID: ma1cSASNCKFtrdv9
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> <Donald> I reached out to Pidgin, see below.
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> From: Donald Le <donald...@teamaol.com>
>>>>>>>>> Date: Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 6:20 PM
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: AIM login
>>>>>>>>> To: Richard Vickery <r...@sfu.ca>, pid...@alexoren.com, Pidgin 
>>>>>>>>> Support List <support@pidgin.im>
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> new DevID = do1UCeb5gNqxB1S1
>>>>>>>>> new distID = 1715
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Finch:
>>>>>>>>>>> DistID: 1552
>>>>>>>>>>> DevID: ma19sqWV9ymU6UYc
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> <Donald> No usage since August 2014 so no need new DistID and DevID.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Libpurple:
>>>>>>>>>>> DistID: 1553
>>>>>>>>>>> DevID: ma15d7JTxbmVG-RP
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> <Donald> new DistID = 1717, new DevID = ma19CwYN9i9Mw5nY
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I found another Libpurple 
>>>>>>>>> DistID: 1502 with no DevID >> new DistID = 1718, new DevID = 
>>>>>>>>> ma18nmEklXMR7Cj_
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> The source code says they are owned by the AIM account 
>>>>>>>>>>> "markdoliner".
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Are these still valid? If they are, I think you can go ahead and 
>>>>>>>>>>> pull
>>>>>>>>>>> the plug of the old auth method.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On 14 October 2016 at 01:11, Gary Kramlich <g...@reaperworld.com> 
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> > Hi Donald,
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > This is Gary Kramlich the current maintainer of Pidgin.  Please 
>>>>>>>>>>> > excuse
>>>>>>>>>>> > my tardiness in this matter as I haven't had much time to 
>>>>>>>>>>> > dedicate to
>>>>>>>>>>> > Pidgin in the past few weeks.
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > That said.  We are staging a new version which will have this 
>>>>>>>>>>> > updates,
>>>>>>>>>>> > but we will most likely miss the 20161016 date.  If we could get 
>>>>>>>>>>> > that
>>>>>>>>>>> > extended it would be great.
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > Also our code base has contains two clients that connect to AIM 
>>>>>>>>>>> > and as
>>>>>>>>>>> > I've learned recently they do not share keys.  The other clients 
>>>>>>>>>>> > name
>>>>>>>>>>> > is Finch and if we could get a set of keys for it that would be
>>>>>>>>>>> > awesome.  Otherwise we'll just reuse the Pidgin ones for the time
>>>>>>>>>>> > being.
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > Also is there a web portal or something where we can manage this 
>>>>>>>>>>> > keys?
>>>>>>>>>>> >  If so, please respond to me directly as I assume we'll want to
>>>>>>>>>>> > control access to it.
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > --
>>>>>>>>>>> > Gary Kramlich <g...@reaperworld.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> >
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