From: Peter L. <gai...@si...> - 2005-11-23 22:50:48
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For the past few days, a guy in #gaim has been trying to get jabber to talk to his google account, with complete failure. He discovered today that the server name is wrong for him. There was some suggestion this may be due to where UK users sign up (maybe for trade mark problems - see BBC News URL in the transcript). I've pasted the transcript below, but I thought I'd post it here so we can get some sharnig/info update happening. ---- 09:40 < facefaceface> well dudes I solved my jabber / google problem 09:41 < Bleeter> facefaceface: share? 09:41 < facefaceface> Bleeter, I can't find the news article just now, but it was about a new google mail server 09:41 < facefaceface> the name of the server is "googlemail.com" 09:42 < facefaceface> The new account I set up was ... "xx...@go..." 09:43 < facefaceface> so in the config, where google help tells you to enter 'gmail.com' you need to enter 'googlemail.com' !! 09:43 * Alver finds that rather strange, and hard to trust 09:43 < fredrikk> facefaceface: are you in the uk? 09:43 * Bleeter concurrs with alver, as I have gmail.com 09:43 < facefaceface> yeah 09:43 < Bleeter> might have something to do with locale 09:44 < Bleeter> or original signup point 09:44 * facefaceface kicks Alver and Bleeter 09:44 < fredrikk> there was some legislative issue about "gmail" as a uk trademark 09:44 * Alver stabs facefaceface 09:44 < fredrikk> so google called it googlemail for uk people. 09:44 < facefaceface> you can't argue with results. 09:44 < fredrikk> ...something like tjat 09:44 < fredrikk> that 09:44 < Alver> googlemail.com is registred by Google, Inc 09:44 < facefaceface> refused to log in as gmail.com for 45+ attempts 09:44 < facefaceface> worked first time with googlemail.com 09:44 < Alver> facefaceface: possibly. But I guess you're smart enough to realise how suspicious it sounds 09:44 * facefaceface has two perfectly good faces left 09:45 < fredrikk> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4354954.stm 09:45 < facefaceface> er... no! 09:45 < facefaceface> why does it sound suspicious? bogus server? 09:45 < Bleeter> I think this is important and should be logged. I'll send it to the -devel list 09:45 < Alver> facefaceface: do you know how many people were tricked into giving their account and password by fake sites? 09:45 < Bleeter> facefaceface: it sounds suspicious because google's own instructions don't tell you to do that ;-) |
From: Sean E. <sea...@gm...> - 2005-11-24 03:41:59
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On 11/23/05, Peter Lawler <gai...@si...> wrote: > For the past few days, a guy in #gaim has been trying to get jabber to > talk to his google account, with complete failure. He discovered today > that the server name is wrong for him. There was some suggestion this > may be due to where UK users sign up (maybe for trade mark problems - > see BBC News URL in the transcript). googlemail.com is also used in Germany. -s. -- Author of Open Source Messaging Application Development: Building and Extending Gaim: http://gaim.sf.net/book.php |