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Messages all of a sudden cant login in to my AIM,GCHAT ETC.

I use AIM/GCHAT daily for work on my MACBOOK through "Messages". Today I went to grab lunch, when I returned my AIM would not login and I would get a pop up window that said "Incorrect Password try again" and I would re do the password and nada. So I tried loging into AOL.COM and I got a prompt that my AOL may have been compromised. So I had to reset my password. To be safe I changed all my passwords for everything. Well that still did not help when changing to the new password for my different accounts on Messages. I stil got the same "incorrect password".


Here is where it gets weird. I still could not sign in using "messages". So I downloaded the actual AIM application and I still got "incorrect password". I then went to AOL.COM and was able to sign in using the new password and use the in-browser AIM. ***?! I trolled the Apple Support and tried the whole "Keychain" process that someone said to try on here and nothing.


I really need to figure this out becasue these are important tools to get my job done at work.

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Posted on Mar 20, 2014 7:23 PM

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Mar 21, 2014 1:52 PM in response to APSPARKS

Hi,


I take it you are logging in here at AIM ?


Is this an Name Registered at AIM/AOL or an Apple ID that is a valid AIM Screen name ?

If it is the second then the Password should be 16 characters or Less.


The number was the long time limit of the AIM servers and I have only ever seen one post that suggested it might have been changed.

(Apple IDs can have passwords that are much longer which causes issues.)


The above site will tell you if the account is suspended.

Some @mac.com names can login in here as well and were blocked if people used their account whilst travelling abroad about a year ago.


The issue does sound more like a server issue and the protocols AIM use or allow to be used in various Logins.

iChat and Messages use what is called OSCAR. (in the Server Setting pane in Messages or iChat it is in the sever name)

Some older versions of AIM use the TOC protocol.

The AIM for Mac version used to use OSCAR but I have not been keeping up with the latest versions from AIM themselves.

However I am less certain about the web page logins.



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 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

Messages all of a sudden cant login in to my AIM,GCHAT ETC.

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