> so, i downloaded the newest, compiled with --without-msn (no curl here) > and so far it's good. what's the issue i should be looking for?
You precisely avoided the problem as it's in the msn code, I've the diff --without-msn in my tree but I was hoping it would get fixed. Ignoring it's broken won't do that, spending some time or submitting a bug report to the author will.
