Login to all accounts simultaneously?

Scubasinger · Post by **Scubasinger** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:46 pm

Does anyone have a way (script, maybe?) to log in to all accounts at once? I've used Fire before and that program had a "connect all" "disconnect all" feature. It get's tedious to have to click each account separately to log on/off.

I've looked at AppleScript myself but I have zero experience. I can't figure out the syntax...

Any help would be much appreciated.

zaudragon · Post by **zaudragon** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:57 pm

If you go to Status > Available it connects all, Offline disconnects all.

Scubasinger · Post by **Scubasinger** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:38 pm

oops....thought that did just what it said, set the status indicator. Didn't realize it also connected/disconnected. Nice to know!!

Thanks for the info, I still have a LOT to learn about the in's and out's of the program.

daschu · Post by **daschu** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:32 pm

If I already have at least one acccount connected, then choosing "Available" won't connect the others. The closest I get is setting everything to "Offline" then choosing "Available." Does anyone notice this too?

zaudragon · Post by **zaudragon** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:41 pm

daschu wrote:If I already have at least one acccount connected, then choosing "Available" won't connect the others. The closest I get is setting everything to "Offline" then choosing "Available." Does anyone notice this too?

I think that *should* work; the Available one whould be partially on (-) instead of a checkmark. When I click on it, it logs into the others as Available.

Post by **evands** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:07 pm

Not in 1.0b8 and later, since so many people complained about that behavior.

daschu · Post by **daschu** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:34 am

evands wrote:Not in 1.0b8 and later, since so many people complained about that behavior.

Do you mean that choosing "Available" doesn't connect any offline accounts? I'm sorry, just that between you and Zaudragon, I got confused as to which should be happening.

For the time being I'm going to assume that you meant that setting a status only affects accounts that are currently in some state other than "Offline."

When you say that people complained, do you mean they complained about setting the global status as "Available" would bring their currently offline accounts (as in, spare accounts or friends' accounts) online when they wish them to stay offline? If that is what you mean, is there any possibilty that the global account status could affect only accounts that have the "Connect when Adium opens" option checked. I say this because, I do not wish to speak for others but, I have 4 accounts that I use all the time and have them connect automatically at startup and would LOVE them for them to respond to the global status menu no matter what state they were in. I also 1 account that I do not wish to use, except in very specific situations and is therefore not set to connect automatically, and I too would complain if this account responded to the global status menu and connected when it was not wanted.

Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to clarify for myself and others the problem and offer a potential solution. Thanks