issue with pidgin combining similiar names on buddy list

[Daniel Atallah]

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 18:13, Nick Canale <nicholashcanale at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The fist time I used pidgin, if I added two names under the same alias,
> pidgin asked me if i wanted to combine them into one buddy list entry. It
> still prompts me to do this, but when i click YES, it does not combine them.
>
> I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling with no luck.
>
> Anyone know a trick around this?

Are you using the latest version (2.6.5)?

If not, upgrade.