Google restores interoperability with AOL AIM

Google and AOL have restored the interoperability between their two instant messaging (IM) networks, a little over two weeks after it was temporarily suspended due to a spam flood originating in AOL's AIM that affected Gmail Chat and Google Talk users.

An AOL official originally forecasted that a fix to the spam problem could be rolled out on Thursday of last week, but the process took a bit longer, finally culminating on Tuesday.

The interoperability between the two IM networks is now again active and everything is "running smoothly," an AOL spokeswoman said via e-mail.

This means that users logged into the Google network can engage in IM sessions with users who are on the AIM network. Without the interoperability, people need to have separate accounts for both services, using the Google account to communicate with users on Google's network and the AIM account for communicating with users on the AIM network.

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