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Re:ICQ: 20 Years Is No Limit by shoover on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @04:27PM (#12962373)
Ah, at last via web.icq.com I was able to recover my account, update my email address, and reset my password.

Looks like my contact list was wiped at some point over the years, though.

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Re:ICQ: 20 Years Is No Limit by Rondom on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @05:15PM (#12962796)
If I remember it correctly, server-side contact lists were only introduced in 2001 or so. In 99b it was stored on the client. That's my faint memory speaking, though.
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Re:ICQ: 20 Years Is No Limit by shoover on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @05:21PM (#12962846)
That may be. I'd guess I last used ICQ in 1999 at the latest. I think I have a backup of my client database somewhere, but chances are slim it's readable.
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