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 ## News
 
-ICQ has changed protocol and you should now add these settings to your config file:
+ICQ has changed it's server and protocol. Some really old versions of libpurple
+in some cases fails to login. If (and only if) the default configuration does not work for you,
+you should add these settings to your config file:
 
 	[purple]
 	server=login.icq.com