Bug 402647

Summary: ICQ connection refused
Product: [Unmaintained] kopete Reporter: David <spearhead2k3>
Component: generalAssignee: Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: normal CC: asturm
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Kubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description David 2018-12-28 13:18:50 UTC
SUMMARY
since 28th december 2018 ICQ announced that 3rd party clients wont be able to connect - BUT
pidgin and other 3rd party clients still manage to connect

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. install kopete
2. create an icq-account
3. try to log in

please fix this - it just can be about 3 lines of code 

OBSERVED RESULT
russians blocked kopete (Connection refused)

EXPECTED RESULT
kopete connects no matter what the russians say


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
MacOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 
KDE Frameworks Version: 
Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

also please fix XMPP support it is not in a usable state in KOPETE and neither in telepathy
Comment 1 David 2018-12-28 13:21:56 UTC
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
MacOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) 4.18.0-13-generic
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.52.0
Qt Version: 5.11.1
Comment 2 Andreas Sturmlechner 2022-12-15 22:54:41 UTC
This is my observation as well.
Comment 3 Christoph Cullmann 2024-09-18 18:27:45 UTC
Dear user, unfortunately Kopete is no longer maintained.

Please migrate to another solution, e.g. for Jabber a possibility is Kaidan, for Matrix a candidate is NeoChat.