[TriLUG] Jabber server outage

[Joel Ebel]

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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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?