SIP and Windows LIve Communication Server

[Daniel Atallah]

2008/7/2  <amadys at cimex.com.cu>:
> Hi , does anyone use pidgin to connect to a Windows Live Communication
> Server (WLCS) joined to a Windows Domain using SIMPLE (SIP) protocol.
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> I need to authenticate my domain user in the WLCS , but when I use the
> format domain\username on the username field of Pidgin, the server answer
> with Malformed From or To , it seem to me that the backslash is introducing
> some kind of weird character in the authentication string. I use the format
> username (without the domain and the backslash) the server can't
> authenticate my user.
>
> I have been sniffing on the connection to see all this.
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> Can anyone help me with this ?
>
> Does anyone has experienced this behavior and what is most  important, does
> anyone has solved this before ?

The SIP/SIMPLE protocol doesn't currently work with MS LCS. See
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/48

-D