This worked for me: Go to ' extra > certificate '
Remove the following certificates: (you can backup first using the ' save' option if you want to) ows.messenger.msn.com login.live.com *.contacts.msn.com Shutdown Pidgin. Restart pidgin and everything should be working again. Missing certificates will be loaded automatically. Ciao Elizabeth Burton wrote: > > I run 2 msn accounts thru pidgin. This afternoon I started getting > > > > Your MSN buddy list is temporarily unavailable. Please wait and try again > > And had a pop up with this > > SSL Certificate error > > Unable to validate certificate > > The certificate for omega.contacts.msn.com could not be validated. The > certificate chain presented is invalid > > > > It causes the accounts to disconnect. Then for no reason will > disconnect. > And it doesn't always effect both accounts at the same time. > > However when it attempts to connect it still kicks me off of windows live > so > it must be getting some where. > Server messenger.hotmail.com > port > > > > Please help cause i hate msn. > > > > Pidgin 2.7.5 (libpurple 2.7.5) > da2f4b4aea9c7f3e28c13f28b1ec087d4f589f25 > > Build Information > Plugins: Enabled > SSL: SSL support is present. > GTK+ Runtime: 2.16.6 > Glib Runtime: 2.20.5 > > Library Support > Cyrus SASL: Enabled > Gadu-Gadu library (libgadu): Internal > GtkSpell: Enabled > GnuTLS: Disabled > Network Security Services (NSS): Enabled > Perl: Disabled > Tcl: Disabled > Tk: Disabled > UTF-8 DNS (IDN): Disabled > Voice and Video: Disabled > > > _______________________________________________ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Invalid-certificate-tp30252753p30259871.html Sent from the Pidgin Support List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support