Reconnecting

[Eion Robb]

Hi Phil,

Looks like you're using an older version of the plugin.  To be fair I
haven't released a final version yet, but there are nightly builds that you
can use from https://eion.robbmob.com/libskype.dll instead.

The settings in the newer version look like
[image: image.png]

Cheers,
Eion

On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 10:06, Phil Smith III <lists at akphs.com> wrote:

> Ok, I took a look at this, and now I feel even stoopider. I can’t find any
> “alt login” checkbox. I see the empty checkbox, but Account/[the Skype
> account/Modify Account/Advanced shows:
>
> [image: cid:image001.jpg at 01D52A90.4A510AA0]
>
> Am I in the wrong cave?
>
>
>
> *From:* Eion Robb [mailto:eion at robbmob.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2019 4:54 PM
> *To:* Phil Smith III <lists at akphs.com>
> *Cc:* Pidgin Support List <support at pidgin.im>
> *Subject:* Re: Reconnecting
>
>
>
> Hi Phil,
>
>
>
> There's an updated intermediate cert for the Hangouts plugin, that the
> Google servers will sometimes send.  You can download it from source on
> https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts/src/default/ or download
> the latest version of the .exe installer (assuming you're on windows) which
> has the intermediate certs bundled.
>
>
>
> For the Skype plugin, you'll want to follow the flowchart
> https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb#issues -
> but the secret sauce is to turn on the "use alternate auth" setting the
> advanced account settings, which bypasses the whole "Magic T" thing.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Eion
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 04:36, Phil Smith III <lists at akphs.com> wrote:
>
> My ISP has occasional hiccups, and/or Google does -- I get certificate
> prompts periodically (every few days), which of course makes no sense.
>
> In any case, I often go to a machine and find that it has disabled my
> Hangouts account. I know how to re-enable it, of course, but would prefer
> not to have to. I see no way to tell Pidgin to retry more times, or for
> longer; am I just missing it?
>
> Then there's the Skype "Failed to get magic T-value", which I also get
> randomly...
>
> Any suggestions appreciated.
>
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