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From: Jan Schmitt on 28 Jun 2008 14:10
Hi,

> Is it a known bug? How could I work it around? though i can use amsn
> instead, but i prefered pidgin.

sorry I cannot really help you, but aMSN (in etch) doesn't work, either
since some days. In the aMSN forum I read that it's not a server issue
but an issue of aMSN itself. Anyhow, something must have changed because
some days ago it did work. The latest SVN version of aMSN should work,
but I didn't try it. So installing aMSN from debian might not fix your
problem. Hope this will be fixed in the etch-package soon. Maybe someone
can make a bugreport, I don't know how/where, and the gnome built-in bug
reporting tool is buggy itself for me.
Maybe you can find a working pidgin or more infos on the pidgin website.

Jan


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From: Paul Johnson on 28 Jun 2008 22:50
On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 11:15 +0800, Star Liu wrote:
> it's quite strange, the first time i used pidgin to log on to msn was
> quite smooth, but the second time when i logged on, i waited for about
> 2 minutes, then the 3nd time i logged on, about 5 minutes,....., now,
> it totally refuses to log on! the bottom of pidgin stops at a waiting
> status, and the buddy list is empty.
> Is it a known bug? How could I work it around?

Yes, this is a known bug. It also affects support of ICQ, AIM, Yahoo,
Gadu-Gadu, MySpaceIM, QQ, and all other centrally-organized,
proprietary, private IM systems. Most of them prohibit you from using
any client other than their own in the first place, and enforce this by
changing the protocol on a regular basis.

The workaround? Don't use proprietary IM protocols: Cut them off
instead. Use XMPP instead.

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From: Mark Grieveson on 28 Jun 2008 23:40
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:34:19 +0000 (UTC)
debian-user-digest-request(a)lists.debian.org wrote:

> I don't know how/where, and the gnome built-in bug
> reporting tool is buggy itself for me.

try using the command line program reportbug. It's much better than the
gnome bug-buddy.

Mark


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From: Daniel Dalton on 29 Jun 2008 03:20
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 02:57:25PM +0800, Star Liu wrote:
> but another strange thing is my gaim on etch works fine with msn everyday,
> while the pidgin in lenny doesn't work with msn. I'd like to report this

You could always try down grading pidgin on lenny, but mine seems to
work fine, but what about a perge reinstall?

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