Pidgin/Kopete problems with ICQ

Tue Jul 1 16:40:06 UTC 2008

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Rick Stevens <ricks at nerd.com> wrote:

> The ICQ servers seem to be blocking ICQ accounts using Pidgin or Kopete,
> claiming that their protocol is "too old".  I've not yet squawked this
> to the Pidgin or Kopete people.  It surely is annoying.
>

It is indeed annoying, and don't call me Shirley.

If you're not afraid to build from source, there are some instructions on
the net about how to fix this.  Though I think there should probably be an
option to enter an arbitrary version number, kind of like user-agent
spoofing.

--Russell
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