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This is precisely why direct connect (File Transfers, Pictures, Talk, Video are all forms of this) is an opt-in operation. Note that this will only get you the IP address after the remote buddy has accepted and connected. Both sides will get the other’s IP address. Also note that the IP address will be of the firewall and not the buddy’s PC if it is behind such a firewall.
There are, of course, some legal things you can do with an IP address. Like figure out who owns it (your ISP/University/Employer), ping (the non-DOS kind), trace route, map it to a geo-location (again this is of your ISP and not specifically your home address), etc.
Anyone that has your IP address can fairly accurately determine the country, state, and maybe your city of where you are connected from and the name of the organization that owns the IP address.
So, if you are concerned about giving away your IP address then don’t accept any of those direct connect proposals from unknown users.
See answer to question 4 at Gus What?! » Blog Archive » AIM 6.0 Q&A Volume I.
You should be able to re-size the IM windows, just move the mouse just inside the outer edges, until you see the mouse cursor change as you expect.
Now, what you cannot do, and from what I see you could never do this in AIM 5.9, is resize the compose and history windows with the mouse. In AIM 6.0, the compose window will expand vertically temporarily as you type more lines; eventually it will stop and show a scrollbar on the right.
Hope this helps.
Go to the “View” menu in your buddy list window and check the option “Away/Idle Buddies”. When checked, this will show them, otherwise they disappear.
You can use my plug-in: Gus Verdun’s RX-Plugin for AIM 6.0. It has a feature called “Idle Lock” that gives you complete control over your idle state.
Get it here: Gus Verdun’s RX-Plugin (BETA).
Thanks,
Gus
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Add me to your buddylist: GusBlog or GusVerdun
Blog: Gus What?I believe that is set by changing the text for the standard “I am Away” message. If its not there, try adding a new one and click the button to set it as your default message.
To avoid setting an idle message, try changing your privacy settings to not report your idle state: uncheck the “I am idle” button.
Try the latest AIM 6.0 Beta if you still have any problems.
AIM Triton installs in the same shared location as AOL Explorer, AOL Suite, AOL Spyware Protection and other AOL software. This is AOL’s new platform.
Every time you run any application, like AIM Triton, the platform’s update mechanism is also loaded. This tool checks to see if there are updates to any software that you have installed (not just what you are running).
If, for example, you are running AOL Triton and there is an update for AOL Suite (perhaps this is the core services mentioned in the post), then you will see the message informing you of the update.
If you don’t want to receive updates for some of the AOL products, you can uninstall them by going to the control panel, then selecting add or remove programs and finally look for a program name that starts with “AOL Uninstaller”. Click on Change/Remove and follow the UI. From there you should be able to uninstall the portions you dont want.
Hope this helps,
Gus Verdun
http://www.gusverdun.comWhat version of AIM are you running?
If this is AIM Triton, you need delete the group named “Recent Buddies”, then go to your settings window (Press F7) Then click on the Buddy List tab. Check the button “Add people I exchange IMs with to my Recent Buddies group”. This will start populating your recent buddies group as you exchange IMs.
Sounds like you might be running software from smiley central. If this is true, just uninstall it and AIM should work again.
Rather than uninstalling all AOL Software… You might want to try just deleting the files in question: Ampx.dll & associated files/subdirectories from C:Program FilesCommon FilesNullsoftActiveX after uninstalling Triton, but before reinstalling.
llee wrote:I’m trying to setup a disclaimer for an IM conversation. I’m willing to settle for a service or client configuration. I heard that trillian can do it with a welcome message, but I haven’t seen how.Any suggestions?
If you are running AIM Triton, you could try using it along with my plugin http://www.gusverdun.com/rxplugin. You could easily setup a translation rule that contains your “disclaimer” and that way every time you start up a conversation, you could just type the short keyword like “/legal” that would be used to trigger the translation into the full disclaimer text.
Just wanted to let you know that a new version (0.6.1.254) of Gus Verdun’s RX-Plugin is now available for beta testing.:new: This release fixes some bugs and delivers a new feature called IMpulse :woot:.
Read more about it at: http://www.gusverdun.com/category/rx-plugin/.
You can download this beta version at [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]http://www.gusverdun.com/rxplugin.
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Thank you,Gus Verdun
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