Crowd-sourced tech support
Aug. 28th, 2012 10:03 amSo jabber.org is being DDoSed, and whatever measures they're taking to mitigate this problem mean that I can't connect via my usual IM client, Pidgin. Apparently it has something to do with DNS, but beyond that I'm in the dark. I have tried upgrading Pidgin to the latest version but no joy there. And I have tried all the reasonable web searches I can think of and not turned up any way of fixing this myself.
So, does anyone know of an IM client that successfully connects to Jabber / XMPP when they have anti-DDoS measures turned on? Basically my only requirement is that it works under Windows and handles multiple protocols, with Jabber being the most important. I would prefer something that doesn't display ads; I'm willing to pay a small amount of money to make the spam go away. If it can do IRC as well as IM that's a bonus, but not an essential feature. Visually sleek or simple is better than visually flashy and cluttered, and I don't particularly need something heavily skinnable.
Secondly, does anyone know how to retrieve IM service passwords out of Pidgin? I have several accounts that I only ever use for IM: MSN / Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo, AIM, and ICQ, and the passwords are stored in Pidgin, never getting typed in anywhere, and not in my browser where I can choose to display stored passwords. Would be a lot easier to move to a different client if I can extract them somehow.
The consequence is, until I can get this fixed or the DDoS goes away, I'm not available at my usual Jabber contact, the one I use for chatting to people who are on Google Talk. PM me if you'd like to add me on one of the other services temporarily, and I'll give you a username. It would help if you could send me a brief message with the add request because I'm getting a whole heap of IM spambots trying to persuade me to join webcam sites (especially on Yahoo and AIM), so I tend to delete add requests by default.
So, does anyone know of an IM client that successfully connects to Jabber / XMPP when they have anti-DDoS measures turned on? Basically my only requirement is that it works under Windows and handles multiple protocols, with Jabber being the most important. I would prefer something that doesn't display ads; I'm willing to pay a small amount of money to make the spam go away. If it can do IRC as well as IM that's a bonus, but not an essential feature. Visually sleek or simple is better than visually flashy and cluttered, and I don't particularly need something heavily skinnable.
Secondly, does anyone know how to retrieve IM service passwords out of Pidgin? I have several accounts that I only ever use for IM: MSN / Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo, AIM, and ICQ, and the passwords are stored in Pidgin, never getting typed in anywhere, and not in my browser where I can choose to display stored passwords. Would be a lot easier to move to a different client if I can extract them somehow.
The consequence is, until I can get this fixed or the DDoS goes away, I'm not available at my usual Jabber contact, the one I use for chatting to people who are on Google Talk. PM me if you'd like to add me on one of the other services temporarily, and I'll give you a username. It would help if you could send me a brief message with the add request because I'm getting a whole heap of IM spambots trying to persuade me to join webcam sites (especially on Yahoo and AIM), so I tend to delete add requests by default.
ETA: Fixed!
