"The AIM proxy refused the connection."

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"The AIM proxy refused the connection."

Using terminal, I create a SSH tunnel to my computer when I'm out of the house. On my mac, I have a Network Location set up with a SOCKS proxy on 127.0.0.1:9999. This set up works in almost every application I have tried it with: Safari, Mail.app, Camino, Firefox, Adium, etc.

However, it does not work with iChat 4.0. For my AIM account preferences, I check the "Connect using proxy" box. Then when I try to connect to AIM, I get the following error message.

"The AIM proxy refused the connection. Check the proxy information in the Accounts section of iChat preferences."

In the preferences, I have tried both the "Use System Preferences" option as well as manually specifying the proxy. Both give the error message.

Am I missing an iChat-specific step somewhere?

MacBook Pro 2.16 Core Duo, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Nov 16, 2007 7:55 AM

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Answer 1

bdcoates Author

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Nov 21, 2007 6:15 AM in response to bdcoates

Nobody, huh?

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Answer 2

Nov 22, 2007 2:38 PM in response to bdcoates

iChat has it's own protocols for this base on VCN and port 5900 similar to Apple Remote Desktop.

The Apple Firewall will tend to prevent non regular port use of an App if it is ON.

10:37 PM Thursday; November 22, 2007

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Answer 3

Jan 6, 2008 12:11 PM in response to bdcoates

Same problem here. I have firewall off, or set to "allow all incoming connections".

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Answer 4

Jan 8, 2008 1:37 PM in response to madpacket

You have Proxies Set ?

9:37 PM Tuesday; January 8, 2008

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Answer 5

Jan 8, 2008 1:51 PM in response to Ralph-Johns-UK

Yes, have tried both the iChat (Server Settings, Connect using Proxy) settings and also the system-wide proxy settings. Neither works, immediately reports the "refused" connection. Note tested this does indeed work with Adium, but of course would rather use iChat.

Also there is a vague reference to iChat bug being fixed in 10.5.2 in this engadget article:

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/19/mac-os-x-10-5-2-is-packing-hefty-fixes-due-ja nuary-ish/2

"- Resolved issue with local SOCKS proxy and iChat" ??? Can Apple elaborate on the referenced fix and determine if it is related to this problem? Or is there a link you can provide which describes the bug fix?

Thanks!

Message was edited by: madpacket

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Answer 6

Jan 8, 2008 2:30 PM in response to madpacket

Apple never comment here. In Fact it is against the term of the Discussion Forum to speculate of forthcoming products and services.

10:30 PM Tuesday; January 8, 2008

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Answer 7

Apr 4, 2008 8:50 PM in response to bdcoates

I had the same problem using ichat 3.1.9. I've found that the com.apple.ichat.aim.plist file does not properly update the key relating to the type of proxy server selected in the GUI. Regardless of the setting selected, the value in the plist key stays at 0. Opening this plist and manually setting the proxyprotocol key to the value 4 using the plist editor corrects the problem and allows the socks proxy to be used.

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