Aim on iChat, Adding Buddies

This is the first time i've had this problem, mainly because I don't use aim so much, but I have a few friends that use it and only aim. Anyways last night I tried to add a buddy.. her name came up on my friends list, flashed a few times, then just dissappeared. I added her again and the same thing happened.. I went on Aim express and she was on my buddy list on ACTUAL aim. I don't understand why iChat is doing this too me! Please help! : (

Had the same problem myself. Oddly enough it says this topic is answered but I don't see any resolution... I tinkered around and logged out, then enabled SSL in the Server settings under Accounts in the Preferences. Logged back in and now my AIM buddies are adding in as expected.

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If they have Full names and appear in the Address Book drag them from the Address Book to iChat.
iChat checks that the First Name Last Name info is not already in the Address Book
When iChat was an AIM only client this used to be Called Feedbag (yes FeedBag) Error 10
http://www.ralphjohns.co.uk/page13.html#feedbag
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Ok. I've already been using AIM on my iChat, and let me tell ya, it works much better than AIM itself.
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New user can see all but 1 of them in the List.
If I understand it this correctly, 'new user' can see all other buddies except one. And all the other users can see this buddy.
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Save the file and now open the file userY.xml and check that the item <item jid='[email protected]' subscription='both'> exists.
Restart the ichat server and the problem should be fixed...

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I can't add new buddies. Why is that?
I can't see the + sign on my buddy list and i also went to Buddies-Add Buddy, and i can't click on it.
I was thinking on reinstalling the app, but i'm not home and i don't have the CDs with me.
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Hi,
If the Buddy list has no Plus icon at the Bottom does it read "Bonjour" at the top ?
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9:19 PM Thursday; August 27, 2009
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