Error Changing Account Info

[Mark Doliner]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:03:38 -0500, Charles Cobine wrote
> I notice that when I log into Pidgin, then enable my AIM account 
> (All my accounts are set to be offline when I open Pidgin.), I get 
> this pop-up:
> 
> Error Changing Account Info
> Error 0x0006: Unable to format screen name because it is invalid.
> 
> This has happened since 2.2.1 or so.
> Any ideas what causes this?  The format of AIM buddy names?  
> Problems with buddy icons in AIM?   Sounds like a problem with 
> symbols/non-Roman languages, most buddies of mine with symbols/non-
> Roman languages in their screen name or away message are not AIM,
>  but on MSN.

It sounds like the way you've entered your AIM screen name in the account
editor is invalid.  I'm guessing it has too many spaces, which pushes it over
the 16 character limit.  Try signing off, modifying your account in Pidgin and
removing some spaces.  Please let me know if I'm way wrong,

-Mark