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Can you use .mac account on an AIM client?
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Sep 10, 2003, 01:42 AM
 
Normally, I use iChat, but I want to get AIM on my Palm device and was wondering if I put my .mac/ichat login, would it work?
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Sep 10, 2003, 02:51 AM
 
Do not try this! Under no circumstances!!

The battery of your Palm could catch fire and explode, or some such thing I have heard.
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Sep 10, 2003, 04:38 AM
 
maybe, probably not, i think you'd need a aim account name to use AIM on a palm
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Sep 10, 2003, 06:16 AM
 
It wont work... .Mac accounts work in 'some mysterious way' on AIM..
     
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Sep 10, 2003, 08:37 AM
 
I know the .mac accounts work with AIM on OS X and Windows. Never tried it on a palm...
     
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Sep 10, 2003, 09:23 AM
 
Originally posted by Developer:
Do not try this! Under no circumstances!!

The battery of your Palm could catch fire and explode, or some such thing I have heard.
Or with less sarcasm--try it. If it works great, if it doesn't, nothing bad will happen.
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