Adding jabber buddies

Adding jabber buddies just does not work all the time. I can even chat with others and they see me on line but I am unable to add them to my list. I tried adding during the chat as well as putting them in my address book and then trying to add with the + button. We use Jabber at work and this is very annoying. Any ideas???

yes. This is a very strange bug I assume. Some buddies can be added without a problem and show up. Some can't at all and will not show up. Some show up with "waiting authorization" and never become active. We use Jabber at work and it seems like randomly buddies can not be added. We did not have this problem with any other client.

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It is more likely then, seeing this is a more detailed post, that it is a Google releated problem.
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Hi,
There are several possibles on this.
1) In iChat > Preferences > Accounts > Security tab (For AIM based logins) you can set who can "See" you.
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Hi,
iChat can use names that work with AIM and it can use names that work with Jabber servers (Google is a Jabber server).
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or he needs to get a Name valid with AIM.
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I'm in the process of updating my Address Book. Because there are so many changes, I decided to start from scrath with my iChat buddy list, so I deleted everything and am re-adding them from AB as I go. I added 82 buddies yesterday. Today, when I re-opened iChat, there were only 8 listed. I re-added the missing buddies, closed iChat, and re-opened it. Same thing - only 8 on the list. Am I missing something? Why aren't the buddies staying on my list?
Thanks.

Hi Np3,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions
OK You deleted everyone from your Buddy list ?
Whilst you were logged on to AIM ?
Added Buddies should appear in the Buddy list if the following are met.
1) You added them as the 'right' type of account.
2) You spelt their name right (Screen name)
3) You are not blocking anyone (see iChat > Preferences > Accounts > Security tab)
4) They are not blocking you.
5) Show Off line Buddies is selected in the iChat > View menu.
6) They are not using a client that can do Invisible.
The ones 3- 6 will appear greyed out if Off Line Buddies is selected and 1) and 2) are correct. Wrong account types and misspells will also appear as if they are Off Line Buddies.
To see the Buddies in the Address Book they have to have something entered in the "Real Name" text fields.
These details can be added at the time you add the new Buddy or by clicking once on the Buddy and then using Apple Key and i Together, (Get Info) and adding the Real Names in the Address Card Drop down.
The "Real Name" can of course be a Nickname or even part of their Screen Name (Anything really) to add it to the Address Book.
Their is an upper limit of about 200 names that can be in your Buddy list (Address Book or Not)
You tend to get an error (feedbag and a number) if this happens.
There can be confusion if you use something like AIM for Mac or another AIM client app and have the Buddy list there.
Are you getting an error message ?
Hope this helps.

We are rolling out MACS to all of our office ! How do I load everyone into iChat without adding each person individually ?

We are using Google mail. How can I pre-load everyone's buddies in iChat without adding in one-by-one ?

HI,
Depending if you are using a Disk Image to keep all Macs at the same OS X level then you can have a "global Address Book".
Realistically it is really about each end user adding the Buddies (via their Screen name or Jabber ID - your sounds like it will be Jabber IDs as it is Google).
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There may be some that are Not in a Buddy List when you view it.
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Hi,
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So as long as you and your Buddy have a AIM based name it will work.
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Re 4)
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[email protected] are in fact three separate Buddies as far as the AIM Servers are conerned
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If they can see you as On line then they should start a Text Chat
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Trouble connecting ichat with jabber

Having trouble using Jabber software in Ichat. Cant seem to connect to my clients or my gmail account. I am on 10.5.8 I use Verizon to connect to the net.
Im works and Bonjour works. But nothing with Jabber.
Any suggestions?

Hi,
You did this ?
Opened iChat
Went to the iChat Menu > Preferences > Accounts and used the Plus button.
In here you chose Google in the drop down at the top item ?
You added your Google ID exactly as it appears when you login to the Web Mail page ? (it makes a difference between @gmail.com and @googlemail.com)
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Even for a experienced Mac user Leopard Server has some misteries....
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Tim Harris wrote:
When you delete a user from the server it does not delete their account in the iChat server, you have to do that manually.
I appreciate very much your help and inputs.
The above mentionned remark does not underline the user friendlyness of Apple Software for me..;))
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Do I interprete correctly:
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May be you have overlooked: isabellefrance is one of the deleted, but still listed accounts.
Option two: this involves cleaning out the jabberd2.db and having the system make a new one.
This is OK of all the users and buddies are 'local' and you have not added jabber users on other
networks. Have everyone close the iChat clients.
The user are on three different locations, connected over the internet, behind routers. The server is in my office . We use public IPs but i guess this cannot be used to see the user of the other offices as local. Correct?
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I need:
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- All users get it automatically next time they log in
If I understand correctly option one should do what I need in my situation (by using "sudo /usr/bin/jabber_autobuddy -d JID" first).
Correct?
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Have you Enable Parental Controls on this Mac User Account ?
Have you set Parental Controls on another User Account and set iChat up with the same ID ?
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Hi,
Welcome to the  Discussions
10.5 Server and specifically iChat Server has it's own forum
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1235 (for Export)
10.6 Server has Forum called Collaboration Services for iChat Server (And a few other bits)
The Forums are within Categories.
Technically each is within it's own OS Category but Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard are all shown in this "Master Category" here
The reason I am posting these links is that I don't know enough about the Server version of iChat.
The chances are that someone in the 10.6 Server > Collaboration Services forum knows how to Export the list from 10.5 Server and input it in to 10.6 Server.
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7:53 PM Monday; July 19, 2010
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Available buddies not showing up?

Hi,
Last night I updated my software and ever since, my available buddies aren't showing up on iChat. I use Jabber and prior to the upgrade it was working just fine so I'm not sure if it's related. Any suggestions on fixing this?

Hi,
Welcome to the  Discussions
I take it you mean you updated to OS 10.6.5 ?
There was no update to iChat 5 in this Update (the last one was in 10.6.3)
I also take it you have Quit iChat and restarted it if you keep it on all the time ?
Have you restarted the computer a second time (at least) since the Update ?
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11:33 PM Wednesday; December 15, 2010
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