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Date:	Thu, 4 Sep 2003 22:03:10 PDT7
From:	Michael Rakijas <mrakijas@oco.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help <scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: ICQ follow up

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** Reply to message from "Info 4 SYNass" on Thu, 4 Sep 2003
00:19:15 PDT7

> Hi Rocky
> you remember my comments ?
> NONE of the native ICQ clients will work anymore since begin of
> AUG'2003 !
>
> ICQ.COM has announced me many times in July, that I do not have an
> accurate
> version and need to update ...
> ... otherwise I will be unable to connect !!

I guess I misunderstood. I thought you meant you had something working and
that they (AIM/AOL) were just complaining that you weren't using the best and
greatest (kind of how Real pushes you to upgrade their streaming audio player).
This is already further than I've gotten so I would have been happy to get to
that point. Now, I'm starting to interpret this as AOL is trying to close off
other IM-type competition. Is this official (as in an IBM end of support type
announcement) or unofficial (like MS quietly closing off older OS support with
their new office release),

> Not only me, in the meantime Steven too, has experienced the same with
> pwICQ
> and IceCQ !! As for login: login.icq.com:5190 does also not work !!

Bummer.

> The only way to get connected to ICQ under OS/2 is with Netscape 4.61
> and
> Java 1.1.8 !!!

I guess this is not great but I guess it'll have to do. There's still some
problems doing this for me. ICQ2Go and Netscape will randomly quit or freeze.
Sometimes it's just one, the other or both. I'm still investigating.

> Another pointing: pwICQ's development seems stopped since mid of 2002 !?
> IceCQ, even cashing fees, never got supported nor further developped
> ;-((

:-) sympatico.

> Cheers, svobi

Thanks svobi.

-Rocky

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