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AIM/mac.com
Authored by: Jay on Jul 03, '02 12:23:35PM

I really, really like Proteus, but I can't seem to get it to work over AIM with my mac.com account. It keeps saying "AOL has been disconnected," but never seems to connect! I've tried changing the host name to the one AIM uses (which works in AIM) with the same results. Can anyone use their mac.com account with this? BTW, my Yahoo and MSN accounts work fine on it, and AIM works fine in AIM, so it's not a firewall issue.



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AIM/mac.com
Authored by: Zimphire on Jul 03, '02 12:51:42PM

Seems a bunch more people are having problems with it as well

http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=37;t=003798

Proteus, while a good idea, still needs TONS of work before it is a Fire or Adium or whatever replacement.



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AIM/mac.com
Authored by: Maran on Jul 03, '02 12:52:44PM

I suspect, that like most 3rd party AIM clients, Proteus uses the TOC protocol which is what AOL developed for their Java web client. It is my understanding (and I could be wrong), that using the mac.com username/password is restricted to the OSCAR protocol which the official AIM client uses, and is additionally only made possible by changes to the newest version of the official AIM client.

I guess that AOL makes it very difficult (near impossible) for third party developers to use OSCAR, in order to retain advantages for their client. This is why no 3rd party AIM client (that I have seen) supports file transfer. iChat will be a different story, because it has AOL's official blessing.

I'm just trying to shed some light - there is a chance that one or more of the things I have said aren't totally accurate. I welcome corrections.



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