On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 01:56:17PM -0600, Nathalie Allen wrote: > Thanks for your response. I'm confused though; you can't reset the pidgin > password through pidgin? I believe it's setup along w/AOL, so would we need > to contact them?
There is no such thing as a "pidgin password". pidgin is an IM client it uses the passwords you give it to connect you to external IM services (the same way an email client like Outlook or Thunderbird connects you to your email system). Some services allow changing passwords via the client (and pidgin supports that on some of them) but that's once you have already connected (i.e. changing an in-use password). pidgin also, when told to, stores passwords in the accounts.xml file so it can log in to your accounts without asking you for the password every time (stored in plain text so if pidgin has it stored, which I imagine it doesn't, it can be recovered from there). So, yes, if this is an AIM account then AOL will be the ones who will have the tools/system necessary to reset a forgotten password (if anyone does). -Etan _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support