GIGANTIC AIM TROUBLE

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-11-25 11:24pm

[22:22] *** Reconnecting to AIM as "EinhanderSn0m4n".
[22:22] *** Will attempt 10 connections with 60 second intervals.
[22:22] *** Connecting to AIM as "EinhanderSn0m4n", attempt #1.
[22:22] *** Error logging into AIM: You are attempting to sign on again too soon. Please wait ~15 minutes and try again! Do not login during this period or it will only extend itself.

WTF is this fucking bullshit!?

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2005-11-25 11:32pm

Doesn't look like something AOHell would put out- the grammar is far too bad for it to be official (make your own AOLSp33k joke here).

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-11-25 11:35pm

Did I mention this happened right after my connection to the AIM chat failed while uwsing Miranda? Then I got the message after I switched to Trillian to use the Oscar protocol.

As i said in Venting, TOC2 sucks something fierce.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-11-25 11:36pm

BTW the ~15 minutes is bullshit, it's been way longer than that when the chat failed.

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2005-11-25 11:41pm

Have you tried the regular aim client maybe?

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2005-11-26 09:49am

Hey einy! You've run afoul of AIM's new feature!

I know it's incredibly tastless "Gaydar" but it's so damned funny I had to put it up here

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-11-26 10:17am

Oh, I'm saving that.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-11-26 10:41am

<right-click, save-as>

That pic fucking pwns!

lPeregrine · Post by **lPeregrine** » 2005-11-26 02:52pm

I'm not sure if it's the same thing, but it's the same error message I've seen before. What happened to me was my internet connection was blinking off and on, never out long enough to cause any effects in other programs, but enough to count as 'disconnect/reconnect' in AIM. Eventually AIM would disconnect completely, and give that error message when trying to sign in. I'd imagine it's a security thing to make it harder to guess passwords, too many signon attempts and you're blocked for a while. So if your initial disconnect involved the same connection instability thing, it could be the same problem (which goes away on its own after a while).

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-11-26 03:15pm

It seems Miranda is extremely hypersensitive to 'micro-disconnects' as it were. Trillian has no such extreme crankiness.