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My AIM isnt letting me receive IMs from ANYONE thats not on my buddy list. Even when I DO add them, they cant. When I checked in the regular AIM application, it had them added, but BLOCKED. weird... quite a process to get IMs huh? There's a menu within the AIM preferences to "Allow All Standard IMs", which is what I have selected, but I cannot fond a similar preference in Aduim. Help...? Thanks!

Adium should be recognizing whatever privacy settings you set up in another client. Try using the Official Client from AOL (available at http://www.aim.com).

"the Official Client from AOL" ... that's what I meant by "the regular AIM application"

I am using both, so I can check the settings.

What about the fact that any buddy I add from either appication starts out as Added, and Blocked?

cbarrett wrote:Adium should be recognizing whatever privacy settings you set up in another client. Try using the Official Client from AOL (available at http://www.aim.com).

I have a question regarding this, too. I had the official client set-up to ask me before allowing buddies not on my list to IM me (i.e., person x is trying to IM you, do you want to accept or decline), but those IMs still come through. Is adium unable to recognize that specific setting, or is it a bug?

No, Adium does not honor that setting (as that is a specific preference in AOL's IM client). Any settings which are stored on the server, however, Adium can honor.

can honor, but isn't honoring...?

Can't, as it's not stored on the server, as Colin said

anyone else have something useful to say?

SlimMJS wrote:anyone else have something useful to say?

I'm confused at this point in the thread.

What are your privacy settings set to in the official AIM client?