Pidgin not connecting to AOL

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Pidgin not connecting to AOL

Forum: Users Helping Users

Creator: joe935

Created: 2010-01-13

Updated: 2013-01-14

joe935 - 2010-01-13

Started this morning. Get the following message:
Received unexpected response from http://api.oscar.aol.com/aim/startOSCARSession
Any one have a fix?
Thanks

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joe935 - 2010-01-13

Latest version of Pidgin installed 2.6.5, Windows XP Pro

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joe935 - 2010-01-13

Found this on Pidgin site:
Having trouble with AIM/ICQ? Uncheck 'Use clientLogin' on the advanced tab of the account settings.
It works.!

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