would it work if i used like version 3.0 or 4.0
how would you change the auth system
i know 4.x works at least, it looks like 3.5 crashes at parsing the service host listā¦
4.1 and 4.2 crashed 4.8 works fine
at āstarting servicesā i wager?
on 4.1 on starting servers it said it ran into a problem on 4.2 it just froze on 4.8 it worked good
i just accepted message from aim server administrator and i dont know whats happening its acting like a bot but i am confused
a far stretch from being a botā¦ it just responds with something random from a list of phrases.
ughā¦ 2.x and older AIM clients used a very different auth proceedure 
I have at least been able to get it to authenticate and connect to the BOS server, so some little bit of progress.
update: itās been several hoursā¦ but I have finally gotten client 3.5 to at least authenticate and login. and I can send and receive messages, the buddy list is empty thoughā¦ but IIRC at some point really old versions of the client didnāt support the buddy list being requested from the server.
more update: i can now login with ver. 2.1 as well, but they used a different hashing algorithm in the earlier versions for the password, so i had to bypass the authentication checkā¦ now iāll need to figure out what the algorithm is before it can be allowed to connectā¦
Hey, good work @Wildman_Fujiami - glad someoneās taken up the challenge!
Not that I want to add more work to your plate, but if thereās anything you feel might be useful to document for future reference/other developers, thatād be great. No worries if you already have your hands full though, I totally get that documentation is a drag, and that the code already takes up so much time, Iād rather see the server working with no documentation than having no server at all 
Also, do you happen to have a link to the original code you found? Thanks!
I managed to sign in to the server with AIM 4.8 and it worked fine! I havenāt tested it by chatting to anybody yet, though. Good work on making this server! 
(My screen name is strangepigeon if anybody wants to chat)
i can connect to the development build with 3.5 and 2.1, but i havenāt been able to decode the hash values yet of the login encryption of 2.1, so i cant validate the passwordsā¦
Could you atleast put up a tutorial on how to get it working with the clients and also put a thing like escargot where you can see whats supported and what isnt supported.
Aol i will make a server
i have problems with connecting on 4.8, i donāt know how to setup.
i did connect on pidgin through, but i donāt know what to doā¦
HALP
on 4.8 it should be as simple as going into the setup window from the sign on dialog and changing the server url 
can you explain to me how to get AIM 2.1 to work so it will actually let me login in
i havenāt patched the live server yet, so the older versions are still broken, all that is left is for me to make sure there arenāt any regressions, so in a few moments.
if you get it working would you post how to patch it manually or will you leave a pre patched version to download
nobody but me has to patch anything, all the changes are server sideā¦ except you need to change the server address in the settings panel of the client.
well you leave instructions on how to patch aim 2.1 manually