AOL Alpha

Diggs
http://digg.com/software/AOL_ICQ_are_adopting_the_open_source_technology_Jabber/

http://digg.com/tech_news/AOL_adopting_XMPP_aka_Jabber

How to Connect
1. JIDs like uin@aol.com or username@aol.com

2. Host: xmpp.oscar.aol.com : 5222

3. Allow SASL PLAIN

4. Turn on StartTLS

5. Make sure there is no '@' in the resource (bug in the service). Some clients by default add a resource with an @ in it. So you have to overwrite this

Psi info
For Psi users: My Account -> Connection -> Encrypt connection: "Never"

Coccinella instructions

 * Contact ID: AIMscreenname@xmpp.oscar.aol.com/blabla or UIN@xmpp.oscar.aol.com/blabla
 * Click on More--> Connection-->enable "Use secure connection" and select "Use TLS and SASL"

Working Clients/Libraries
In general any XMPP compatible client/library.


 * Exodus
 * gloox
 * Psi
 * sleekxmpp
 * Coccinella
 * Gajim (0.11.4 and svn)
 * SAPO Messenger Mac (Version 1.0 (683) Dev Release)
 * Smack
 * Spark
 * Miranda IM
 * Pidgin

Known Bugs
   Friends 
 * No @ characters in resources
 * Roster items are malformed (note the xmlns="")
 * Cyrillic problems (CP1251)