ip address of person messaging you?

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icf0069
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ip address of person messaging you?

Post by icf0069 »

Is there a way that I can find out the ip address of someone who messages me, regardless of protocol (ICQ, YIM, AIM, MSN, etc.)?

I have tried the Contact > Get Info and it doesn't show it, at least for the couple of friends that I tried it on.

If not, is this a feature that can be added? I mean I know Adium has to know the ip address to send data back and fourth. Is this something that Growl could do?
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Post by Catfish_Man »

Nope. Adium does not know the ip*, it just sends the data to the AOL/Jabber/MSN/etc... server. Growl has nothing to do with sending messages anyway.

*except when using direct connect, which is buggy
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Post by 1985 »

If you can setup a direct connection you can get their ip. Theoretically. I haven't managed to setup a direct connection with anyone so I only get the servers ip...
It's not a bug. It's an undocumented feature.
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