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Types of ICQ Lite Connection Problems
There are several different kinds of connection issues you may experience while using ICQ Lite. For more information about possible connection problems, click here.
Following is a list of the ICQ flowers and the types of issues they can represent:
 Yellow ICQ Flower:
If you have a yellow ICQ flower in your system tray, this can indicate a few different problems:
- ICQ has detected an Internet connection, and is attempting to connect to the ICQ servers.
ICQ will continue to try to connect until it succeeds.
- You have tried to login too many times. ICQ will connect to the network automatically
once an interval of time has passed.
- There is a temporary problem with the ICQ server. ICQ will continue to try to connect.
When it succeeds, your ICQ client will launch automatically.
 Gray ICQ Flower:
This type of flower indicates that ICQ is in Standby mode.
Once ICQ detects an Internet connection, it will connect to the ICQ server and launch automatically.
 Red ICQ Flower:
This type of flower occurs only when you manually choose to disconnect from the ICQ servers.
 Green ICQ Flower:
This type of flower indicates that you are connected to the ICQ servers and online.
Connections Settings
If you are behind a firewall and are having difficulty connecting, or would like to check your Connections settings, the following Connections preferences are available when you press the Connections Settings button:
For more information about using ICQ Lite behind a firewall, click here.
- The ICQ Server pane enables you to change the configurations of your ICQ server host and port.
- The Proxy Settings pane has options that allow you to set if you are behind a firewall, change your Proxy server settings if you are behind a Firewall.
You may define more than one Proxy.
- The Keep Connection Alive checkbox gives you the option to keep your connection alive. This is useful for firewall's that drop inactive connections.
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