[JDEV] AT&T beating us to the punch..

[temas]

I'm still a strong contender that this is a load of malarky.  I've been playing with the AIM protocol for a LONG time now, and only one time have I not been
able to connect, and that was when they simply tacked on the port you were
connecting from to one of their connection strings.  Otherwise I have not had
to modify libfaim at all.  I believe AOL has brainwashed us all into thinking
that they are doing horrible things that they really aren't.  Then again it all
just became clear to me.  Have fun, I'll go finish aim-trans.

--temas

Thomas Charron [tcharron at ductape.net] wrote:
> Quoting Isotope2k at aol.com:
> > In a message dated 12/9/99 11:47:11 AM US Eastern Standard Time, 
> > ebowersox at corp.webb.net writes:
> > > Makes me wonder if a Jabber AIM transport is really a good idea, or if
> > it's
> > >  just an exercise in futility, as AOL seems determined to throw monkey
> > >  wrenches into the works of anyone trying to interoperate with them...
> > I'd say it really depends on how they are blocking the connections.
> > If they are doing it based on the IP address of the servers- well, tech
> > savvy AOLers can host servers too. :)  Furthermore, as more and more
> > people add Jabber to their various offerings (it will happen, Jabber is
> > a strong technology), you will see the widespread adoption of an
> > open standard, making AIM the odd man out.  
> 
>   AIM uses an overflow bug to detect clients that aren't made by them..
> 
>   Hrm.  Has anyone actually tried to look at what the overflow bug causes, 
> and 'emulate' it?
> 
> > When Jabber is done, I don't imagine that the IETF standard will be
> > too far behind.  Most of the major IM vendors are purported
> > to claim that they will support that standard, as will Jabber.  That makes
> > much of these actions a moot point.
> 
>   We'll be up to 1.0 long before any IMPP standard is released.
> 
>   Sooner then you'd think.. ;-P
> 
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