[TriLUG] Jabber server outage

[Joel Ebel]

Sure enough, there's a new version of GAIM now (1.3.1), and it appears 
registration works properly.  I don't know about adium, but if it 
suffers from the same bug, it will likely take a bit before the fix 
makes it into adium.

Joel

Joel Ebel wrote:
> According to Nathan Walp (faceprint) of GAIM, this bug is fixed in CVS, 
> so the next release will be able to register with a jabber server.
> 
> Joel
> 
> Joel Ebel wrote:
> 
>> The status of my investigation shows that GAIM is broken for 
>> registration.  Despite having a register button, it doesn't even try. 
>> It just tries to auth, obviously fails, and just gives up.  According 
>> the RFC and JEP-0077, the jabber server is doing all of its duties, 
>> GAIM just isn't trying to register.  Adium, I imagine, suffers from 
>> the same problem.  I'll communicate with the jabberd maintainer to see 
>> if he has thoughts about what's wrong, but GAIM's jabber support 
>> leaves something to be desired.  Try a non-broken client like Psi.  It 
>> works on a Mac too.  Other decent clients are Tkabber, Gossip, and 
>> maybe Kopete, but I don't have much experience with them to know if 
>> they register properly.
>>
>> Joel
>>
>> Joel Ebel wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking into this.  GAIM appears to be doing something wrong when 
>>> registering a jabber account.  I'm investigating exactly what that 
>>> is, but for now, the best I can suggest is to try a different client.
>>>
>>> Joel
>>>
>>> Benjamin Reed wrote:
>>>
>>>> Joel Ebel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The jabber server is now running version 1.4.4 which has a number of
>>>>> improvements.  Most notably it supports TLS on port 5222 now.  If your
>>>>> client supports this, I highly recommend you use it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> I've been unable to register a new account; GAIM spits back a "401 not
>>>> authorized" response, and Adium just gives back a generic error 
>>>> message.
>>>>
>>>> What am I supposed to do to re-register an account?