[Licq] #1678: Must go Offline to drop Free For Chat status

[Licq]

#1678: Must go Offline to drop Free For Chat status
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Reporter: flynd | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: icq/aim | Version: 1.3.7
Keywords: |
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If setting status to Free For Chat, it is not possible to go back to
Online.

Message to server sets new status to Online (0x0000) but server returns
update with status 0x0020 (Free For Chat).[[BR]]
Trying to set other status, for example Away (0x0001) returns status
update from server with 0x0021 indicating that 0x0020 is a mask rather
than a separate status.[[BR]]
The only thing that seems to work to drop the Free For Chat status is to
go offline and then back to online.

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Ticket URL: <http://www.licq.org/ticket/1678>
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Licq - an instant messaging client for UNIX.

[Licq]

#1678: Must go Offline to drop Free For Chat status

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Reporter: flynd | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:

Component: Protocol: ICQ/AIM | Version: 1.3.7
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment(by flynd):

It seems at least Miranda also suffers from this problem so it's probably
a bug at server side.

I'm leaving ticket open though as a reminder if anyone finds a workaround
that can be implemented at client side.

If anyone know of a client that can change from Free For Chat back to
Online in a way to make the server believe it, please let us know and if
possible attach a packet dump from the client switching status and the
response back from the server.

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Ticket URL: <http://www.licq.org/ticket/1678#comment:1>

[Licq]

#1678: Must go Offline to drop Free For Chat status

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Reporter: flynd | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:

Component: Protocol: ICQ/AIM | Version: 1.3.7
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment(by flynd):

Pidgin also can only set Free For Chat but cannot change back.

Note that both Miranda and Pidgin show their own status as Online even
though the server keeps the Free For Chat bit set. (Licq reads its own
status from the server reply and shows the Free For Chat status.)

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Ticket URL: <http://www.licq.org/ticket/1678#comment:2>