I was able to reproduce this bug. Its not a protocol bug rather empathy bug i.e it should Just tell the user that the text is too long. Pidgin does that.
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #616079 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=616079 ** Also affects: empathy via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=616079 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Some of my messages are not sent on MSN protocol https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565001 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs