time for you to update pidgin messenger again and heres why. please reply back when you have time.

[karen]

1-14-2013)

Microsoft is ditching its windows live messenger chat client , it is 
going to focus on shype messenger which it has purchased some time ago , 
after march 2013 , no one will be able to use WLM , it will be turned 
off, except in china.

that means that the msn part of pidgin messenger might also no longer 
work in the pidgin multi chat client,
so its time to remove msn and add skype network to your list of accounts 
for chat in pidgin messenger .

just check out this link and read for your self.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20222998


yours truly
pidgin fan