Hey guys, saw Pidgin on SaaSHub yesterday. Love the product!
Are you guys actively promoting Pidgin? We have a pretty active, free Slack
community with over 6,700 members (mostly SaaS founders and growth
marketers). There are several channels where we talk about various
SaaS/digital marketing
this
unnecessary service has been to block it at the host firewall level.
Out of curiosity, why would you want to disable UPnP?
-Evan
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Searched the archives, and ... well.. Maybe it's been asked, I just
can't seem to find the wording maybe?
Using pidgin 2.3.0 on XP, say I keep a IM window open with someone.
They log off. Now, when I alt-tab and come past the pidgin IM window,
their icon is 'greyed'. And even if I go to that
It does that for me - It was either an option or a plugin, but I
don't see any enabled plugins that do this.
But it is possible.
At 11:29 AM 12/7/2007, Scott Silver wrote:
Hello Support,
I would like to make a request. One of the main reasons which is
keeping me on GAIM and not going to
Do you mean Spam IM's? Or spam e-mails?
At 07:33 AM 12/10/2007, Vanco, Don wrote:
Since installing 2.3.1 I seem to be getting a ton of spam messages via
my Yahoo! accounts (never got any on prior releases). Is this
coincidence or are there some changes in Yahoo! support in 2.3.1 that
are
knowledge of it, but that requires an interested
party doing so.
Cheers,
Evan
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On Dec 18, 2007, at 4:44 AM, vincent benoit-marquié wrote:
Hi everybody,
just want to point out the fact that it would be grand to add more
option to spoof pidgin client version for Sametime.
It would avoid error such as this one:
Sametime Administrator: You are using an old version of the
At 06:59 AM 3/1/2008, Luke Schierer wrote:
This is the intended behavior. That way you can see as much of your
backlog as possible without losing the ability to work with a multi-line
or very long message.
So there's no more capability to manually resize the size of the chat
window - ie the
At 09:28 AM 3/3/2008, Etan Reisner wrote:
First off, do you have the Web Aware ICQ privacy setting enabled? If so
turn that off, that is probably the single largest source of ICQ spam I'm
aware of.
Wasn't aware of that setting! It is (and has been ) off.
Second, ICQ changes the visible/active
At 10:53 AM 3/5/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been using it on a long time, and as strange as it may seem, the
whole reason I switched to Pidgin is because I've used other clients that
had non-resizable text input fields and found this unacceptable.
SNIP
and I find that I am unable to use
At 01:11 AM 3/6/2008, Marek Matulka wrote:
On 05/03/2008, Evan Platt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You get more flies with honey, or something like that. These people
threatening to ditch Pidgin if this change isn't fixed is just
amusing. You aren't costing the developers any money, but like I
What protocol? Does the apostrophe work in other
applications? You mention the latest pidgin - did
it work in a previous version?
At 03:30 PM 3/13/2008, Helen McCall wrote:
I've installed the latest pidgin on two xp home computers and one xp
professional. On the professional I can't type the
At 10:19 AM 3/14/2008, Etan Reisner wrote:
Is it a request from the same user every time? Are you saying yes to the
request? No? Just ignoring it?
It's the same user. I'm saying No each time. I don't believe it's the
user sending the request over and over, but rather a system hiccup.
I just
Luke Schierer wrote:
See that link at the bottom of every post? click it.
Prior to being allowed to join a list, a user should have to answer a
simple multiple choice question: How do I leave this list when I decide
I want to leave?
No answer correctly, no join group.
Rolando E. Quiros wrote:
I have two questions:
1. I love Pidging to consolidate my IM in a single application and not
having a lot of them, but I need the number of the port to open in
firewall and ISA server to be able to use it.
First off, in the future, may want to try a better subject
Have you gone in and reconnected?
I see Yahoo say this frequently - and I find it coincides with when my
internet connection experiences a short drop. My connection drops, I
reconnect, Yahoo still thinks I signed in at another location. I
reconnect, no problems. Are you actually not able to
I logged out of ICQ and stayed out for a good week or two. Signed back
in, friend request was gone.
just this morning, got another (new) spam friend request. Denied it.
Waited, signed out, signed back in, no repeat message.
I'll keep an eye on it though.
Jimmie Mayfield wrote:
It's the same
So.. You're selecting text from a conversation window, and copying it.
Then pasting it to notepad? Or pasting it somewhere else?
What does does not seem to properly copy mean? How about an example,
ie I highlight Monkeys like bananas and copy it, but if I paste it,
I get Mkys le bans
Works
Works fine for me.
Perhaps the details of the error would help.
RBL wrote:
All of a sudden Pidgin 2.4.1 refuses to connect to MSM. I haven't
touched my settings, but I did check them, and they are correct.
Is this a known problem? Any fix?
TIA
Can or can't?
Might help to provide some details - what O/S, what version of pidgin,
when this started, etc.
huc wrote:
I have a problem, I can see my MSN buddies status messages... what can I do?
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As I replied on the 22nd:
Can or can't?
Might help to provide some details - what O/S, what version of pidgin,
when this started, etc.
huc wrote:
huc wrote:
I have a problem, I can see my MSN buddies status messages... what can I
do?
anyone?
A google search shows http://myjobspace.co.nz/images/pidgin/ . Haven't
tried it though.
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Try running a ping to say www.google.com in the background and see if
when you get the disconnect, if you see latency or packet loss.
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On Apr 25, 2008, at 4:01 AM, Neeraj Sharma wrote:
Hi,
Does Pidgin support xep-0108 (http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0108.html
) ? If not, are there any plans to support it in the near future?
There is work in progress to add support; the current patch is at
I've seen it too in songs with odd characters in my mp3's.
I'll find one of the songs that cause it and try putting that character
in the string and let you know. But just thought I'd throw it out there
I've seen it too. :)
Ethan Blanton wrote:
Does this crash when you enter such a string
As somehow 'following the instructions' 'doesn't do it for you', why
e-mail the entire list? Why not e-mail the owner?
And why include the text of 6 messages in your reply? Trim the
unnecessary text from your reply. Not doing so is a wase of everyone's
resources.
And When replying, please
Some details would help - what operating system, what version of pidgin,
what exactly you've tried (obviously you haven't tried EVERYTHING)...
Evan
aimee lecuyer wrote:
My timestamp on messages is always an hour behind. It has never been
right. I tried everything, and it's not my computer
More details would help. Windows? Linux? what operating system? What
version of Pidgin? Which protocol gives that error?
Does the debug log offer any hints?
steafan wrote:
Just installed Pidgin onto my new computer, I am using 2 protocols, Gadu Gadu
and MSN. On my Buddy List it says
Markus Bergholz wrote:
but anyhow it is possible.
my girlfriend use windows and qip as messanger - and qip can say who has
read at what time you away message. (your away message i mean your own!)
That's a function of the messenger service, not the application.
The feature would have to
222fbj wrote:
Does the file transfer option only work when both clients use Pidgin?
Did not see info on this in the wiki/faq/forum.
What protocol? What operating system are you using? What version of
pidgin? Are you getting any errors?
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I'm able to get to www.pidgin.im on and off - but 2.4.2 still shows as
the latest version.
I'm also seeing the same error connecting to ICQ, but I doubt that has
anything to do with the MSN issue.
Arne Pelka wrote:
When I try to connect to the ICQ servers the connection gets rejected
with
Phil Kimmins wrote:
I find none of the above solutions helpful with regard to setting up a
workable account. The answers provided are usually one-liners very short on
detail.
What Above solutions?
My questions:
1. When setting up an account, do I use the account details provided by my
into the web
interface.
Not a big fan of web interfaces to usenet or e-mail lists - well, 3rd
party that is - ie Nabble, Google Groups, etc.
Especially if my e-mail address is displayed. :)
Evan
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As was mentioned before, see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/244591
Iain Lane wrote:
Question #37929 on pidgin in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+question/37929
Linked to bug: #244591
Ok, that's like 14 duplicate messages in the past like less than 10 hours.
I'm about to start killfiling these messages from launchpad.
Martin Pitt wrote:
Bug #244591 status changed in Ubuntu Gutsy pidgin:
Confirmed = Fix Committed
Status change explanation given by Martin Pitt:
I agree 100%. I'm very close to creating a procmail rule to drop all
traffic from launchpad. This is quite annoying.
Marek Matulka wrote:
do we need this list to be spammed by ubuntu's launchpad?
it just spams my mailbox.
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Bobby George wrote:
I can't connect to yahoo messenger with pidgin. I am connected through
wi-fi with proxy.
Your wifi? Someone elses WiFi? What version of Pidgin? What error
message? Can you connect to say MSN? AIM?
A LOT more details are needed than I cannot connect.
That person is using a mobile client.
Alexis Antonakis wrote:
Hi,
I have recently started to see what looks like a mobile/cell phone icon
appear next to the user's icons, after they have logged out and
sometimes whilst they are logged in .
I;m curious, what does this signify please?
Pidgin believes they are using a mobile client.
Do you see the same thing if you use the actual IM client?
Alexis Antonakis wrote:
Meaning what exactly please. I know for a fact that the two people who
this has appeared against both use desktops, one is even in Peru.
Like Yahoo Messenger or AOL Instant Messenger.
Alexis Antonakis wrote:
Sorry, the 'actual IM Client', what do you mean..sorry feeling a little
'thick' today
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Assuming Windows...
Tools, Accounts, or Control-A.
James wrote:
How do I see the current status of an account?
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Restore accounts.xml from a backup. Yep, happened to me before. In the
.purple folder (folder location will vary on o/s)
John W. Moore III wrote:
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA512
Earlier today Pidgin crashed. Nothing new so I re-Opened it. To my
surprise I no long had /any/
Do you mean the Ghostbusters No - http://www.oklibrary.org/ghostbusters.jpg
or like do not enter -
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Do_Not_Enter_sign.svg/600px-Do_Not_Enter_sign.svg.png
?
RBL wrote:
Have a user whose entry in the Buddy List has the international “no”
Have you tried using the MSN client?
Do they appear idle there?
Lee B. wrote:
I have several buddies who always appear idle, even when they are
using the keyboard. I can contact them, but they appear idle.
They are all using Windows XP
They are all using MSN protocol
They all use OTR (if
Akshat Gupta wrote:
You've made it very difficult for users to give you feedback about your
software.
I don't know about that.. I found the link to this group pretty easily.
I just wanted to let you know that your recent releases crash
a lot more than the earlier ones on my computer. All
You've removed the buddy, but for the most part that doesn't mean they
can't write to you.
You'd need to add them to your Blocked Buddy list.
Tools, Privacy, add them in there, and change to the appropriate action,
ie Block only the people below.
Louise Hoffman wrote:
Dear readers
When I
Unless I'm mistaken - yes.
You ARE essentially removing them.
The point of most chat protocols is to allow anyone to contact you - ie
if I knew your screen name, I could message you. So if you don't want
someone to contact you, you are blocking them, or basically 'removing'
them. Same thing.
Thanks John and all.. I installed Google Talk, and then my coworker got
the invite, and was added. Closed google talk, and then he appeard in
Pidgin.
Odd
Thanks again.
Evan
John Moore 3rd wrote:
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA512
Evan Platt wrote:
I added
Is the .dat file a text file? Does it look anything like the format of
Pidgin's logs?
Roland J. wrote:
New question #42086 on pidgin in ubuntu:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+question/42086
Hello to all,
recently I switch from Win to Ubuntu, my problem is the
I could be wrong, but I don't believe Pidgin supports webcams.
In regards to setting up an account, you need to do that through a
website generally. If you want to create a yahoo account, you go to
Yahoo.com and select messenger, then there should be an option to create
an account. Same with
polytan wrote:
No, I can't right now.
Am I alone to have these sort of problems ?
Wireless connections are quite common actually.
No one said wireless connections weren't common. But when you're
experiencing any sort of issue like you are, the first step in
troubleshooting is to switch to
l33ting disorder wrote:
I dunno man, that sounds like a cop-out to me.
A) spammers don't use client software, they use scripts and custom
spamming software.
Really?
I can't tell you how many times I've gotten spammed via ICQ with Hey
want to chat? or Free software - www.mydomain.com.
Step666 wrote:
I use Pidgin on XP x64, connecting up to MSN/Windows Live/whatever it calls
itself nowadays and also to G-Mail Chat.
However, recently, I've been getting a lot of spam through the MSN address,
people I don't know and who aren't on my contact list sending me messages
saying
Step666 wrote:
You will want to use Allow only the users below instead.
Er, ok.
That'll do what I want then, will it?
Well, it will only allow people on the list you specify to contact you.
Is that what you want?
And, apologies for the dumb questions but where is that option?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
New question #43731 on pidgin in ubuntu:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+question/43731
i started ubuntu install and choosed the option that make no changes to disk
(running from the cd) i inserted my pen drive with hope i can erase virus
files
Marlon Cisternas Milla wrote:
When every I try to block a user on Pidgin, it is never set, user logs off,
no block logo. Also they are able to send messages to me even though they are
marked as blocked.
What protocol? How precisely are you 'blocking' them? What do you have
for your
You don't.
That 'feature' AFAIK isn't built into Pidgin.
krishna wrote:
New question #44586 on pidgin in ubuntu:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+question/44586
how to send a group message to everyone in the buddy list ? im using pidgin
in ubuntu.
Steve wrote:
Hi;
First, I've really by enjoying pidgin. I'm using the latest pigeon
client on the latest Ubuntu installation.
I have 3 miscellaneous questions. I did not see these issues answered
in the FAQ. If these things are covered in a doc some place please
point me there.
First
Neil Jackson wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to access ICQ. I continually get an error 'Invalid screen
name'. How do I find what my screen name is? I login at work on a
MicroSoft platform but at home I use openSuse.
When you say you use a MicroSoft platform at work, do you mean ICQ? Are
you using
John Moore 3rd wrote:
Not really. :( It is available in the 'My Account' screen but
ironically, You need to know it in order to Login to that screen. :-\
Yep, there is. Go to Find People (People Search, Dating). I put in my
first and last name, and searched. There's my ICQ link, Click on
, but none that I know).
Evan
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Can we somehow not get these messages that have nothing to do with Pidgin?
marcobra wrote:
You can try to install and use wine... for closed source proprietary
applications...
And it may be works...
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=applicationiId=31
Or if this is the most
Mathieu Fregeau wrote:
Hi,
I like using pidgin, but I recently start receiving lots of spam IM. I
want to block any msg coming from outside my list, but allow friend
request to pass through. How to do that?
Tools, Privacy, select the account, and select the appropriate privacy
option you
xrysa wrote:
I go to the buddies list , I choose add buddy ,it appears a cerd , i fill
in the gap ''buddie's screen name'' by writing the email adress with which
the person i wanna add uses msn(when i had windowsxp i used to chat through
windows live messenger and some of my contacts were
Pronoique wrote:
How generate prediction availability using pidgin chat's history ?
Does this is possible? / Will this be possible?
I'm afraid I have no idea what you're trying to ask...
Is there documentation about this Geoffrey Foster's code ?
Who is Geoffrey Foster and what code are
Robert wrote:
I have Pidgin installed on my Wxp system and it starts up each time my
system is booted. I want to know how to turn off the automatic
startup. It's been so long since I installed it that I can't remember
where the setting is.
I could be wrong, but I don't see a option in
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Liverpool, Victoria wrote:
i have pidgin installed at my work computer - however, when i try to
access it from my home computer i cannot - why is this? can you please
tell me what i need to do in order for pidgin to come onto my home
computer - do i need to redo everything at home?
If by
Vladimir Kraljevic wrote:
Evan by means of abracadabra, of course. Duh. Anyway, first of all,
Pidgin only needs to be installed and upon login, all contacts for
that account should load, no matter what computer is at question; So
why not help the girl out...
I thought I did. The OP's
Simon wrote:
I've done something really silly. I've put Ubuntu on my disk successfully but
to start with it wouldn't let me make two partions I had windows Vista on but
decided to just put Ubuntu on one partion forgetting all about my data in
windows. Is there any way I can read the hard
Dumb question - have you added any accounts?
Dalillama wrote:
I've just installed Pidgin, as Trillian stopped working, but I cannot see my
buddy list. The window is empty, and I can't send messages. Does anyone
know what the problem might be?
Geoffrey Lane wrote:
I realize there was a maintenance / outage today,
Uhh... there was?
but for the last 4 hrs or so pidgin will not connect but the official client
does...
What is The official client?
So if I'm mistaken or resolves before this is viewed I'm sorry.. Is there
any new
Geoffrey Lane wrote:
lol. what part of not exciting a flame war is hard to understnd?
Sorry, you can't say someone is an idiot by missing where you (didn't)
state YIM, and that they need a clue, and then say you don't want to
start a flame war.
U maybe right, I may be crazy
I'm both
Ryan Battles wrote:
I love pidgen however when I am logged on and attempted to gain access
to my inbox on yahoo it never takes me to my mail.
Are you talking about the pop up that comes up and says you have a
message, then Open Mailbox or something else?
I had attempted to uninstall and
Buddies, Show, Offline Buddies.
Sam Flomenberg wrote:
Is there a way to view offline buddies?
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Your buddy icon?
A desktop icon?
Something else?
Sam Flomenberg wrote:
How do I remove my icon?
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Might help to post some details about what exactly is happening, when
it's happening, some system specifics (ie what platform, what version of
pidgin, when this happens, if it happens with all clients, etc).
dolphindee...@aol.com wrote:
*How do I get my buddies back on my buddy list?*
Works fine here. Sounds like a DNS issue with your ISP?
# ping developer.pidgin.im
PING developer.pidgin.im (74.63.8.111): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 74.63.8.111: icmp_seq=0 ttl=58 time=27.762 ms
# wget http://developer.pidgin.im -O /dev/null
--06:46:15-- http://developer.pidgin.im/
At 10:52 AM 1/8/2009, you wrote:
Support
How do I get Pidgin to display my status as available and not offline?
First, please don't post to the list in HTML.. Thanks.
To answer your question, are you in fact available? What does the
bottom Status say? What version of Pidgin? What o/s? What
What version of pidgin? What operating system?
What if you hit control-A from the main window?
Was this a new installation? Upgrade?
At 09:59 AM 1/11/2009, you wrote:
I just downloaded Pidgin so as to converse with family
But when I click on buddies the only things that are useable are;
View
At 10:02 AM 1/19/2009, you wrote:
How can I get rid of the MSN Error: Passport Not Verified error
box that pops up everytime I enable my MSN account? Thanks,
Does this occur if you use the MSN client?
Sounds like you haven't confirmed your MSN account (ie you should
receive an e-mail and
remember the password I had used.
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Evan Platt
mailto:e...@espphotography.come...@espphotography.com wrote:
I for one have never seen a password in Pidgin So what exactly
are you talking about?
At 04:38 PM 1/20/2009, you wrote:
Hello.
For a few years I have been
The answer hasn't changed since you last asked.
Pidgin doesn't have a password.
What EXACTLY does whatever box you're seeing say?
Sounds like a password for a IM protocol that you either have
incorrect or has changed.
At 06:32 PM 1/20/2009, you wrote:
I lost my password to my Pidgin IM
At 08:57 PM 1/20/2009, you wrote:
I've used a number of IM clients. I think I made buddy list groups in
another IM client. But when I run Pidgin and add my various IM accounts
(YM, Gtalk, AIM, ICQ), the buddy groups that I've made in other clients show
up in my Pidgin buddy list. How is Pidgin
What version of Pidgin? What operating system?
At 09:13 PM 1/21/2009, you wrote:
pidgin not work!!!
it's message i'm receive!
The version you are using is not supported by ICQ. Download a free authorized
ICQ version from ICQ's official website.
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Is this in ICQ? I had that problem - I had to quit Pidgin, load the
official ICQ client, remove him from the buddy list, quit ICQ, I then
reloaded the ICQ official client (to make sure he was gone), then
quit ICQ, then reopened Pidgin.
There are some AIM Buddies that are bots that I'm not sure
ICQ?
I asked about that a while ago. From what one of the Pidgin
developers said, that's ICQ's server doing what it thinks is right.
No way around it, from what I was told :(
At 07:16 PM 1/22/2009, you wrote:
Hi!
As I wrote earlier Pidgin persistently comes back to Block only
user below
Assuming the interlocutor is a user, no, you cannot find out if
they're actually offline or have you blocked.
There may be websites that show their status (ie the yahoo profiles
page shows if a user is offline or online) but these likely aren't
accurate, and can sometimes be hours old, or even
I don't see a bug. I see a 'patch' to encrypt the passwords stored in
accounts.xml.
This has been discussed many, many, times here, and to sum up what
the developers have stated (please, correct me if I'm wrong), is the
passwords are sent in clear text, and there's no intention to change this.
At 11:17 AM 1/29/2009, you wrote:
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords
- the passwords are not sent anywhere in plain text
It was my understanding your password is sent to the IM server in
plain text - un encrypted?
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Can't help with the MSN issue, only thing I can maybe suggest is to
try logging on once in the actual MSN client??
Regarding ICQ - this is a 'feature' courtesy of ICQ. ICQ's servers do
what they think is best for you and change your privacy setrtings
based on your available / away status.
At 07:42 AM 1/30/2009, you wrote:
No. In Pidgin/libpurple ICQ we use the privacy lists to represent ICQ's
visible/invisible lists. We do not implement ICQ's ignore list. This is
not the server changing anything.
Some info:
http://www.pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2008-September/002173.html
Some
At 07:50 AM 1/30/2009, you wrote:
At 07:42 AM 1/30/2009, you wrote:
No. In Pidgin/libpurple ICQ we use the privacy lists to represent ICQ's
visible/invisible lists. We do not implement ICQ's ignore list. This is
not the server changing anything.
Some info:
I may not be wording this right, but Google Talk uses XMPP as the
Protocol. So this is correct, and it should work, even though it
'changes' to XMPP.
Works fine for me. :)
At 02:44 PM 2/2/2009, you wrote:
Hi-
I am trying to add Google talk to my Pidgin account and it seems to
keep defaulting
Do you mean Name, Birthday, etc?
This is pulled from the ICQ server, AFAIK. To disable it, you'd need
to disable it / delete it from ICQ's website. Log into www.icq.com ,
go to My Page, and change the information. But I don't see a way to
disable it (I think that would defeat the 'purpose' of
Assuming you're downloading the Windows version, the main link from
www.pidgin.im which redirects you to a sourcefourge.net page. Are you
maybe trying a wget or some such on the link from the main page?
(Which will open essentially download a small file of HTML).
At 11:05 AM 2/3/2009, you
be any email address. In fact,
none of mine are at Microsoft's domains. Evan Platt's information was
completely inaccurate.
What does have to be the case is that you have an MSN / Windows Live
Messenger account of some kind with an email address and password, then
you will need to add that account
I just tried on XP and Pidgin 2.5.4, and it works as described - I
send myself a mail, and the taskbar icon begins to flash. I bring
Pidgin into focus, and get the 1 New Mail notification.
Could you maybe have something that's blocking Pidgin from flashing
in your taskbar or otherwise coming
I unfortunately don't have a 'solution' for you (never experimented
with the forward), but what I personally do is have a different IM
account for say home, work, and mobile.
So if someone wants to reach me at home, they'll know I'd be online
as usernameAtHome, if they want to reach me at
What IM protocol are you attempting to login with? What is the error
message you receive?
Did you change or forget your password? Likely you'll need to go to
the website for whoever provides the IM service and reset it.
At 01:09 PM 2/9/2009, you wrote:
I cannot log into my pidgin account and
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