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Can't connect to AIM with iChat
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Portland ME
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Hi there,
I just got a new job and when I'm at work, I can't connect to AIM using iChat, or any other AIM client for that matter. I get a message that says "Could not connect to AIM. The host refused the connection, try again later."
I've tried various public proxies but couldn't make any of them work.
I don't believe I have access to the firewall. Our connection runs through a machine running Windows Server 2003, and I haven't the first clue how to use that.
Can someone help me? The guy who had the job before me used to IM me all the time, so I know there's a way.
Thanks -
A.
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Hi. Nice to see you. You look lovely.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Teaneck, NJ
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try meebo.com for a web version.
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AT&T iPhone 5S and 6; 13" MBP; MDD G4.
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Portland ME
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Hey, that's actually not such a bad website. Thanks. If it comes to it, that'll be what I end up using.
Does anybody know of a way to manipulate iChat into working, though? Is there a reason that running iChat through proxy wouldn't work? If not, can somebody walk me through it really quickly?
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Hi. Nice to see you. You look lovely.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Los Angeles
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Have you tried AOL's own AIM client? It may be that iChat is more respectful of other network traffic than AIM; if the standard port iChat uses has been disabled by your network admins, it could fail. But AIM may work nonetheless.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Newport News, VA USA
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Try setting iChat to use port 80.
Though they could be just blocking access to oscar altogether.
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