[JDEV] Re: [jadmin] AIM transports

[Thomas Muldowney]

Well, jabber.org itself actually appears to be firewalled off, but because
Jabber is versatile we have the transport running elsewhere now.  The other
part of the story is that it appears they were filtering on our client info
string.  I say appears for a reason, because that is completely unconfirmed,
and pure speculation based on the fixes I made.  CVS is now cool

http://download.jabber.org/dists/transports/aim-transport/

The 0.9.6 version

--temas


On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 05:55:17PM -0700, Adam Powers wrote:
> I don't think that they're blocking by IP. I too have a small corporate
> server that generates very little traffic (10-15 users) and I am having the
> exact same problems.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Saint-Andre [mailto:stpeter at jabber.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 7:33 PM
> To: jadmin at jabber.org
> Subject: Re: [jadmin] AIM transports
> 
> 
> Well, the ones who are most protective are AOL, specifically regarding
> their AIM service (I've never heard of them blocking anyone from sending
> messages and presence to ICQ). MSN and Yahoo also have not engaged in IP
> blocking AFAIK. I guess it's time for me to run that personal server so
> my traffic levels fly under the radar. ;)
> 
> Peter
> 
> kadokev at msg.net wrote:
> > 
> > > It seems that we're finally on AOL's radar screen, since they started
> > > blocking traffic from jabber.org yesterday:
> > >
> > > http://jabber.org/?oid=741
> > >
> > > Peter
> > 
> > AOL is blocking by IP? Cute.
> > 
> > I was wondering how long it would be before AOL took some action.
> > 
> > Is there any site that consolidates all of the information on the official
> > (and unofficial) policies of the various Instant Messaging systems on the
> > use of third-party clients or 'transports'?
> > 
> > I'm wondering if we need to worry about the same thing happening with
> > MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, etc.
> > 
> > Kevin Kadow
> > MSG.Net, Inc.
> > 
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> --
> Peter Saint-Andre
> stpeter at jabber.org
>
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