Public bug reported: The AIM protocol sends clients a contact list, which may include groups of which the user is a member. Once an AIM user enters a groupchat, the user must "leave" the groupchat before the groupchat will be permanently removed from the user's contact list. Leaving a groupchat is not implied by closing a groupchat window, deleting a groupchat from the contacts list, or signing out of the client.
I was able to "delete" a groupchat or "delete and block" a groupchat, and the groupchat disappeared from my contacts list. However, once I signed out and signed back in, the groupchat returned. I was able to permanently expunge the groupchat only by signing into the AIM Express web client (http://www.aim.com/products/express/) and leaving the groupchat from that app. My experience with this bug was using Empathy via telepathy-haze as the front-end, but the following appears to be the upstream bug report regarding the Pidgin front-end: https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/12734 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: libpurple0 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Jan 7 11:45:21 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-08-29 (497 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: pidgin UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-22 (76 days ago) ** Affects: pidgin (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1096951 Title: libpurple does not implement AIM groupchat exit To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1096951/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
