On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 03:53 -0500, Mark Doliner wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2008 13:38:35 -0500, Paul Coene wrote > > 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? > > You should be able to send someone an instant message on ICQ without them > having sent you a message. What happens when you try? Do you get an error > message? >
Yes, is says they are offline. I can't reproduce reliably anymore, as all my known friends have since sent me messages and now the list is fixed. But when I first upgraded to pidgin, online buddies appeared offline until they sent me a message. I could try and sent to them but would get a message that they were offline. This is using AIM protocol. Paul
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