unable to authenticate

[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 23:16:54 +0100
Nicholas Toll <nicholasjtoll at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have downloaded  pidgin 2.7.7 but it says I need a PEM certificate.
> How do I download one? it still says MNS disabled, authentication
> failure.

Try connecting again a few times, 2.7.7 has the new certificates
included and should work normally. You could try deleting the
certificates using Tools->Certificates and get rid of anything with
live.com or msn.com in the name.

-- 

Brian Morrison

                "I am not young enough to know everything"
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