Sorry about that. Behind the scenes there's two different buddy lists on Hangouts and they end up fighting with each other when the account reconnects
As a workaround, you can use https://github.com/EionRobb/pidgin-ignore-nickchange which suppresses those messages On Thu, 15 Apr 2021, 01:58 Phil Smith III, <li...@akphs.com> wrote: > When my ISP is flaky, as happens from time to time, it'll disconnect and > reconnect repeatedly. When it does so, I wind up with IM windows full of > sequences like this: > > (4:02:44 AM) > > 106452616995561063094 is now known as xxxxxx. > > > > (4:02:45 AM) > > 106452616995561063094 is now known as YYY. > > > > (7:14:00 AM) > > 106452616995561063094 is now known as xxxxxx. > > > > (7:14:00 AM) > > 106452616995561063094 is now known as YYY. > > > > (7:36:57 AM) > > 106452616995561063094 is now known as xxxxxx. > > > > Is there a way to suppress those? These appear for Google Hangouts users, > though not all such, which is odd. All are aliased; I'd have said they were > all set up the same, but something appears to be different. > > > > In case anyone wonders, the problem is that this noise makes it easy to > miss > actual IMs of significance (typically from my wife, which is Bad). > > > > Thanks for any suggestions! > > _______________________________________________ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support
