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I tried to sign in aim last time and a window popped up that said my buddy list is currently unavailable .. wats wrong
Answer: This is just my educated guess but I believe aol servers some times go down and your buddy list is stored on there system (thats probably the reason for a limit to the amount of buddys). When this server goes down it becomes unavailable for a short period of time. I have found that when this happens its usually back up at max an hour I would say. Also sometimes an aol main server (im guessing here as well) goes down and you cant even log on aim.
Yea I am pretty sure too thats what happend to you… Since your buddy list is saved on the AOL servers.. if they go down your left in the cold 🙂
While I don’t think the AIM servers have lost data in quite a long time, I suggest that you should occasionally save your buddy list settings locally (just in case). Use the “Save Buddy List” choice under the “My AIM” menu.
i actually had my buddy list revert several months once. when i logged on, it was my buddy list, but from a long time ago. since then ive switched to linux, and now use gaim. one of the best features is alias, which allows me to rename, in a sense, all my buddies. no longer do i forget who is who!
In response to gbaler…
I used to work on TiK, which was an open source AIM client that AOL initially developed, released and then abandoned. Unlike AIM at the time, all of our Buddy Lists were stored on the server. Trust me, we lost our buddy lists occasionally. Or, they reverted to an “old version” as ifeelqueasy mentioned.
Oh I was just refering to when it says unavailable that it doesnt mean they lost it. Even though I’ve never heard of someone (cept for ifeel here) getting theirs deleted or reverted on any aol server in recent times.
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