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Sametime Gateway - now you see them, now you wish you used the @aol in the name


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Working with the product as much as I do I encounter some weird little nuances every so often.  Here is a couple for you to ponder and watch out for..

  • The Clearinghouse works well for adding @aol.com and @company.com names and does not fare well with @aim.com names
  • If you add someone to your buddylist with an alias it does not add the little fancy orange running dude next to their name and instead adds the globe.  This , of course, gives no indication that they are even an AOL person you added.  I need to try this with Google Talk and Yahoo in a few


    Image:Sametime Gateway - now you see them, now you wish you used the @aol in the name
    • If you add someone with an alias to your buddylist from @aol.com, you can never again see their online name from the UI.  You can go local into the buddylist file, but not from the client.