[Gaim-devel] ICQ oscar protocol differences

[ageorgo <ag...@us...>]

Hi,

I am trying to use Gaim as my primary ICQ client but I discovered some issues
related to the oscar protocol features. I have several people in my contact
list that did not authorized me - i chat with them daily. If I use Miranda
client on windows, or some other linux client (e.g., centericq, kopete, sim) I
can see also  status of unauthorized buddies. Unfortunately in Gaim, they are
shown as "Non Authorized" and behave like other off-line buddies.

I did some "research" in the communication and source code and probably found
out the reason. The other clients send somewhere within the logon phase the
SNAC(03,04) CLI_BUDDYLIST_ADD command with UINs of the users. ??I think this
command was previously used for client side contact list?? Unfortunately if I
just put this command (with real UIN of course) in oscar.c:

 3590:  aim_buddylist_addbuddy(od, conn, "123456789");
 3591:  aim_clientready(od, conn);

In return I get only the: SNAC Error: Incorrect SNAC format (0x000e). I went
trough my tcpdumps, but the command CLI_BUDDYLIST_ADD seems to be sent alright
so I do not know where is the real problem. My idea is that it has something
with configured (negotiated) capabilities of the protocol but maybe I am
completely wrong.
Maybe someone knows the solution or can give me an advice.

Thanks,

Georgo