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HTTPS fallback during standard port blocking

Bursar Teh
2006-01-24
2013-01-14
  • Bursar Teh

    Bursar Teh - 2006-01-24

    Hello,
    I have put this in as a feature request but would like to open some dialog about a feature like this. Many clients like AOL, MSN and Google Talk all drop to https connections when their standard port has been blocked by a firewall or some such. It would be of great benefit, I believe, if Gaim did this as well. It would surely get used in universities and other places more frequently and there would be a higher adoption rate of this excellent program. Is there any particular reason why this feature has not been integrated into gaim? Is it possible?
    Thanks!

     
    • Roj Miller

      Roj Miller - 2006-11-24

      Wouldn't a better (or additional) fallback port be 80? At work I can't get Google Talk to work with the standard port or the https port (443), but it does work when I set the port to 80.