[NBLUG/talk] File transfers using Gaim?

David drcarl at ucdavis.edu
Sun Feb 27 12:28:15 PST 2005


Yes, I use gaim (1.14 now) for windows and my buddies use the standard
AOL client, and there have been problems in the past transferring files
and establishing "direct connections" where the ip of the host is known.

The gaim site says this is a known limitation and, as usual, they are
working on it.  Maybe in gaim 2.0 they'll have it working, and in my
experience, sometimes it works and sometimes not, but I can't seem to
isolate the factors of why/why not.

Good luck with it,
David

Lincoln Peters wrote:
> Has anyone succeeded in using Gaim to transfer files to people using AOL
> Instant Messenger?  Last night, I tried to use Gaim to send a few files
> to a friend who uses AOL, but the file transfer failed with an
> unintelligible error message (which, in retrospect, I should have
> written down).  However, I then switched to my iBook (which uses iChat),
> and had no difficulty sending performing a file transfer.
> 
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