Re: [Gaim-devel] ICQ oscar protocol differences

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

Mark Doliner wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:58:43 +0100, ageorgo wrote
>> 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
> 
> Your suspicion is correct that SNAC(03, 04) was previously used for client
> side contact lists.  I think AOL wants clients to use either the client-side
> contact lists or the server-side contact lists, but not both (I could be
> wrong).  Gaim currently uses the server-side contact lists (the feedbag/ssi
> family).  Seeing the status of people you're not supposed to be authorized to
> see isn't really something Gaim should be doing.
> 
> -Mark

I found this difference in ICQ clients behavior and I do not think about 
the ethical side of this thing... it is up to the users. I am only 
interested in the fact that almost any other ICQ client supports this - 
sends the SNAC(03, 04) - although it uses the server side list. However 
if I try this in Gaim the SNAC error appears. My reason was to allow 
Gaim support feature, that the concurrence supports.

Georgo