Comments on: Pidgin Received Unexpected Response from AIM and ICQ

By: alex

alex — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:52:07 +0000

These are my results, on pidgin 2.6.6, linux
SSL/ClientLogin
on /on : error: unexpected response etc…
on /off: error: unknown reason
off/on : OK!
off/off: error: unknown reason

By: Peter Ridge

Peter Ridge — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 07:37:33 +0000

Thanks, Rob.

By: Rob Bishop

Rob Bishop — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:31:06 +0000

After further searching I found this and thought I would share.

Change server to login.icq.com
(ssl – off, client login – off)

By: Rob Bishop

Rob Bishop — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:21:54 +0000

I am still having the problem with Pidgin 2.6.6 and I just updated and am still having the same problem. i have unticked both the SSL and Client Login. I have set my proxy to No Proxy with no luck. Getting a little frustrated with this since I use ICQ for work and I can’t get logged in from home.

By: Peter Ridge

Peter Ridge — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:03:37 +0000

@Brian. Sorry, I’m not following. This problem has already been resolved. Martin was questioning the workaround, so I replied to that. There isn’t any new occurrence regarding the original problem. Are you still having the problem with the latest version?

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:43:16 +0000

@Peter Ridge. The link you provided was last updated 8 months ago and the problem was resolved 10 months ago. Do you have a more recent link that states the problem from this occurance?

By: Peter Ridge

Peter Ridge — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:52:50 +0000

@Martin. Pidgin does not send your password in the clear, even when using an unencrypted connection. Your password is hashed with a token from AOL’s server before it’s sent. Nevertheless, this problem was a bug with AOL’s servers and has since been rectified. So, there is no longer any need to turn off clientLogin or SSL. See http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/11142

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:02:51 +0000

Why the * are u all so happy with disabling secure message transfer???

Disabling SSL will send all messages and the login sequence in plain text ready to view and intercept by anyone on the net.

Disabling SSL is not an option, so what else can be done?

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:17:17 +0000

Got it going again…thanks, buddy!

By: Gray

Gray — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:44:42 +0000

Your fix work for me
Thank you