Rate limit exceeded (ICQ)

[Jorden]

Okay, here's something for the ICQ bufs

When I try to connect to ICQ, I get the message Rate limit exceeded. Try to reconnect in a couple of minutes.

That's been going on for the past 30 minutes, despite a reboot and reconnecting to the internet.

Holly has no trouble connecting to ICQ through the network, so it's solely on my PC.

Any idea's out there? I'm bummed

Jord.

[Helevitia]

Well, I'm not sure what it means for ICQ but rate limiting is a way to prevent a host from exceeding a specified amount of bandwidth. If the specified amount is exceeded, then any traffic exceeding that bandwidth will be dropped.

Dave

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[MP]

I've had this same problem once or twice. It happens when you've connected to the ICQ server too many times within a certain period of time. The server thinks it's being attacked and begins to block the IP in question. You'll just have to wait a while (can't remember the time in my case, less than an hour I guess) and try again.

[Jorden]

Thanks for the explanation MP

I couldn't find it in the ICQ FAQs anywhere either.

Welcome to the MURC!

Jord.

[kyosuken]

Hi folks,

I used to have the very same pb as yours, but it was p.i.a., every time i try to connect to icq servers i would get this annoying "Rate limit exceeded". The turn around was to backup all the messages databases, install Icq again and put again the database.

If it helps.

[MP]

I'm glad I could be of help

I've been reading these forums for some time now and finally decided to take part in a conversation. It's nice to be here