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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>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:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=183 height=192 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D52B80.9D4CC500" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D52A90.4A510AA0"><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Am I in the wrong cave?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Eion Robb [mailto:eion@robbmob.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 20, 2019 4:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> Phil Smith III <lists@akphs.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Pidgin Support List <support@pidgin.im><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Reconnecting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Phil,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There's an updated intermediate cert for the Hangouts plugin, that the Google servers will sometimes send. You can download it from source on <a href="https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts/src/default/">https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts/src/default/</a> or download the latest version of the .exe installer (assuming you're on windows) which has the intermediate certs bundled.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>For the Skype plugin, you'll want to follow the flowchart <a href="https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb#issues">https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb#issues</a> - but the secret sauce is to turn on the "use alternate auth" setting the advanced account settings, which bypasses the whole "Magic T" thing.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Eion<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 04:36, Phil Smith III <<a href="mailto:lists@akphs.com">lists@akphs.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>My ISP has occasional hiccups, and/or Google does -- I get certificate prompts periodically (every few days), which of course makes no sense.<br><br>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?<br><br>Then there's the Skype "Failed to get magic T-value", which I also get randomly...<br><br>Any suggestions appreciated.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:Support@pidgin.im" target="_blank">Support@pidgin.im</a> mailing list<br>Want to unsubscribe? Use this link:<br><a href="https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support" target="_blank">https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>