On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 14:25 -0400, Daniel Atallah wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Paul Coene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 13:36 -0400, Daniel Atallah wrote: > >> > >>> 2008/5/29 Paul Coene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> Some buddies that I add show as offline and do not allow messages to be > >>> sent, until they have sent me a message. Very odd. Each one seems to fix > >>> itself when they send me a message and this "fix" endures restarts. > >>> However, any new buddy I add, I can never instigate a conversation, they > >>> show offline. > >> > >> Which protocol? > > > > AIM. > > Please keep it on the list. > > I don't know how AIM adding works offhand, but it sounds very > reasonable that you wouldn't be able to see an arbitrary person's > status until they've provided some sort of acknowledgment. >
Interesting. I've always used gaim until now, and I can add someone and their status is correct immediately. Mind you in pidgin, I can't even send a new person a note until they send me. Isnt that chicken and egg? Paul
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