Cannot connect to ICQ

[hagge]

Hi there,

I use Adium for some years now and it worked flawlessly so far. When I tired to log on tonight I received this Error message:

Error: The client version you are using is too old. Please upgrade at http://pidgin.im/

However I use the newest version of adium (april 29th 2008). Anyone has the same kind of problems? I wonder what that is. Help is highly appreciated

Thanks

hagge

[snowcrash]

Confirmed. I can't connect, too, and I'm getting the same error message. I use version 1.2.5.

Any suggestions?

[MockFish]

I am also using Adium 1.2.5 and am seeing the same error message when trying to connect to ICQ as of today.

Adium is such a terrific piece of software to use, I hope this is fixed soon.

[meosoft]

yes, the same here:

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The client version you are using is too old. Please upgrade at http://pidgin.im/

I upgraded today to 10.5.4 maybe it has something to do with that?
jabber seems to connect flawlessly

please help

[snowcrash]

yes, the same here:
I upgraded today to 10.5.4 maybe it has something to do with that?
)

Can't confirm that. I'm still at 10.5.3 and get the same error message.

If someone from the Adium-devteam is reading this, would you be so kind to comment on the issue described here?

[hagge]

okay I just heard that many people have this problem and it seems rather a network problem than an Adium specific one.

So we should just wait a couple of hours and see what happens.

[kork]

Same problem here, worked for weeks without a problem, today it suddenly stopped. Could it be that the ICQ/AIM-servers reject clients with a too old protocol version since today?

[match.wolf]

It's definitive a login problem of the network/server. I logged in this morning, disconnected in the afternoon, tried to reconnect 15 minutes later and got the error.
It also doesn't seem to be a 10.5.4 problem. I've got two machines here, one with 10.5.4 and one still on 10.5.3. Logged on with 10.5.4 this morning, no problem. Can't connect with either now.

[hoernchen]

Hi,

I also think that it is a network related problem.
Pidgin running on different Linux distributions had the same problem today (Adium is using Pidgin resources too, right?). Strangely an ancient Gaim had no problems logging on and off the ICQ network...?!

-- Cheers

[kanapfelka]

It`s not an Adium trouble, QIP IM(win) also not connecting.
btw adium error window says - go to pidgin.im, pidgin.im says - go to adiumx.com and download Adium(which says you to go to pidgin.im) Heh

official ICQ client works on win

[match.wolf]

I googled a little and it seems nearly every client can't connect, ... except ICQ 6. There are even people on the ICQ forums complaining they can't connect with ICQ 5.x ... so it seems, it is not a network problem. ICQ/AOL is forcing it's users to upgrade to a newer client version, and on the way, they blocked all non official clients.

BTW: ICQ2Go does work, so there's a short time workaround. Also it's not what I'd prefer ...

[meosoft]

It`s not an Adium trouble, QIP IM(win) also not connecting.
btw adium error window says - go to pidgin.im, pidgin.im says - go to adiumx.com and download Adium(which says you to go to pidgin.im) Heh

official ICQ client works on win

I don't know but my brother is on QIP and his is working properly, but I with Adium I have been experiencing trouble connecting for some time, it refused my password or failed to connect but that seemed like an ICQ protocol problem..

[kanapfelka]

try to reconnect on QIP it will work till first reconnect

[hoernchen]

Maybe this mess will finally convince my friends of switching to Jabber...!

[Robby]

I assume this is fixed for you guys in 1.2.6?

[afandiewinter]

The 1.2.6 update fixed it for me.

However, I can't change my buddy icon on Adium. Got around it by using ICQ to go (the web client) and then logging back in Adium. Haven't tried changing it again using Adium though, but it doesn't really matter. Adium rocks! Thanks adium devs.