Trillian and AOL IM news for the day
Tags :Announcement
For those of us that utilize Trillian, it
seems the little ploy I spoke about from Yahoo! in blocking their messenger
users that aren't updated has bitten us also. When you try to log
into Trillian you get a lovely warning that your password is invalid. Now
if you go into their client (newer versions) or the web interface, you
can log in fine. Trillian has issued a statement and temporary solution
on their
website here. I warn you it
isn't pretty. Basically don't use us for Yahoo! until we get it fixed.
We are looking into
an issue that may cause a crash or Invalid Password when trying to autoconnect
to Yahoo. For now, you can turn off Autoconnect by going into the preferences
for your Yahoo connections.
If you cannot get into Trillian to shut off Yahoo autoconnect, you can
edit your Yahoo.ini file. Here is how:
Click Start -> Run, then type:
notepad c:\program files\ trillian\users\default\yahoo.ini (take
the space out of the \ trillian\ part)
If the file does not load, open Windows Explorer and find your Documents
and Settings directory, then your name, then the Trillian directory. There
should be a Yahoo.ini file in there.
Change the line that says auto connect=1 so that it reads auto connect=0.
If you are using more than one Yahoo connection, change the line for each
connection.
Now save the file and reload Trillian. We are working on a fix for this
problem.
Now for all you AOL IM users that actually
use the AOL IM client and not the above or Sametime or some other variation.
Here is a bit of a time waster coming out in version 5.5 of the product.
Online gaming!! Now don't get your undergarments in an uproar
over how your employees will now waste even more time. Most of the
games will cost and only have a few freebies that are sponsored like 7up
is doing to promote their new product dnL
AIM Games will debut
in AIM version 5.5, which is currently in public beta. Some of the titles
will be available for free to users, as they're being sponsored by advertisers
-- Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Inc., for instance, is offering two games to promote
its dnL drink.
Other games, however, will require users to pay before downloading. For time being, AOL offers two free invites per Buddy and a handful of trial plays, which helps to promote the service.
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On Friday, September 26th, 2003 by Chris Miller