pidgin issues

[pradeep garla]

Hi Team,

When ever i try to ping to some one who is not in my friends list iam 
getting error.

Can you tell me how to ping to new people who are not there in my 
friends list, earlier i used to ping without adding them now its not 
allowing me to ping like that. Seems to be some problem.

Kindly check and advice steps.

My user name is : Pradeep.garla at oracle.com

Also kindly let me know how I can add my face book friends and google 
talk friends and AIM friends to my pidgin.

Regards,

Pradeep.