I ended up getting it fixed by using the version from experimental. Thanks for the help,
Daniel On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:23:49AM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks very much for the reply. > > I've built version 2.5.2 from source on debian lenny. However, offline > messages didn't pop up when I signed in. I then rebooted into windows > and opened windows live messenger. It came up with about 8 offline > messages. Do you know what I'm doing wrong? Do I need to change some > option or have some plugin installed? > > Also how can I test that I can actually send offline messages and they > are getting through? > > Also, with 2.5.2 I seem to be getting ssl errors sometimes, but when I > hit the close button everything works fine. So yeah the only thing that > isn't working is offline messages. As I said I'm using the msn > protocol. > > Any ideas? > Thanks for any help > > Cheers, > > Daniel > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 10:10:47AM -0800, Mark Doliner wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 1:31 AM, Daniel Dalton <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > How can I view my offline messages with pidgin? And how do I send > > > offline messages? Also, what version should I be running, and where can > > > I obtain it from? > > > > You should receive offline messages when you sign on. They'll pop up > > in an IM window the same way a normal IM does, except that the > > timestamp will be in the past. > > > > You can send an offline message by sending a normal IM to someone who > > is offline on any protocol that supports offline messages (AIM, ICQ, > > Yahoo, XMPP, maybe others). > > > > Which version and where to obtain it depends on the operating system > > you're using. If you're using Windows then it's best to use the most > > recent version (2.5.2), which can be download from our website at > > http://pidgin.im/download/ If you're using Linux then it's generally > > easiest to use your distribution's package manager to install Pidgin. > > For example, "apt-get install pidgin" or "yum install pidgin." And > > you should be fine using whichever version they provide. Or if you > > think you need a newer version you can download the source from the > > link above and compile it yourself. > > > > -Mark > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > [email protected] > http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [email protected] http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
