[Psi-Devel] account registration @ jabber.org

[Peter Saint-Andre]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 05:05:43PM -0800, Justin Karneges wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 November 2007 4:01 pm, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> > I have received a report that it is not possible to register a new
> > account at jabber.org using Psi 0.11. I have also verified this.
> >
> > The problem is that currently jabber.org is set up to time out
> > unauthenticated streams very quickly (I can't log in with telnet
> > anymore, either).
> >
> > However, I tested with Gajim and that works.
> >
> > I'm not sure of the exact protocol flow yet, or the differences between
> > Psi and Gajim in this regard. If I have time I will test it more
> > completely.
> >
> > If you wonderful Psi folks think this is a problem with jabber.org I can
> >  modify the ejabberd configuration there. But it would be nice if Psi
> > could handle the short timeout, as Gajim does.
> 
> Do you know if Gajim supports dynamic registration forms?  Most clients have 
> a "static" built-in registration form that is filled out by the user before 
> the client connects to the server, and then the form is submitted immediately 
> upon connection.  An advanced client, such as Psi 0.11, would fetch the form 
> fields from the server, present a dynamically rendered form UI to the user, 
> and submit the results once the user clicks the submit button.  This is where 
> timeouts can get us into trouble.  I'd be curious to know how Gajim works.

Good point. I'll run Gajim in debug mode, but I'd bet it is using a
static form (or doing something very smart like retrieving the form but
reconnecting if necessary).

/psa