Pidgin configuration

[Michael McConville]

Rego, German wrote:
> I am using pidgin both on win10 and win8.1
> 
> It tends to drop often.  Depending on my configuration I may get on
> error "connection dropped by server" or "SSL connection failed"
> 
> Will you be so king as to tell me what setting I need under the tabs:
>                 Advanced and Proxy?  These tabs come when I go into modify account.
> 
> I know the basic information is correct or it will not allow me in to
> begin with.
> 
> 
> PS  I am using the protocol XMPP.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Raul Rego

This may be due to a spotty network connection or an overloaded XMPP
server.

Also, do you have a proxy configured? That could be the culprit as well.