[X4U] iChat AV...buddies won't display

[Michael Elliott]

Finally figured it out:  somehow the Accounts-->Security-->Allow  
specific people radio button got checked.  Apparently, if you only  
"allow" specific people to message  you, then anyone not on the list  
disappears from the buddy list.  AOL's preference must override this  
when you're logged in with both iChat AV AND AOL.

What's really weird is that I know I never changed that setting...and  
it ended up on both my iBook and my iMac.  I'm sure it's a .Mac/iDisk  
sync thing going on.

I simply switched back to "Privacy Level:  Allow anyone" and  
everything's working great :-)

I use AOL primarily from entropy:  I've had the same email address  
for 13 years, and still get emails from people I've lost touch with  
over the years.  I do occasionally use the dialup feature when  
travelling, but have connected to AOL via TCP/IP since at least 1994.

Michael

On Oct 28, 2005, at 1:47 AM, Stroller wrote:

> Coincidentally, AOL offered me 60 days free this week and I tried  
> to sign up for it, but was unable to do so because I wasn't  
> prepared to give them legitimate billing details. I wouldn't use  
> AOL for my main ISP connection but AOL users do seem to like it and  
> I thought it'd be interesting to see what the Mac AOL application  
> looks like. I hear that some of the chat rooms are quite good, but  
> I can't see myself paying money for AOL's package.
>
> I would be extremely interested to hear of any progress you make  
> tracking this down, or of any further symptoms you manage to  
> isolate through experimentation.
>
> Stroller.

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