[Pidgin] #1217: Writing error behing proxy for MSN

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#1217: Writing error behing proxy for MSN
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  Reporter:  boater     |       Owner:  nosnilmot
      Type:  defect     |      Status:  new      
  Priority:  minor      |   Milestone:  2.1.1    
 Component:  libpurple  |     Version:  2.0      
Resolution:             |    Keywords:           
   Pending:  0          |  
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Comment (by marius):

 I had the same problem (only with linux though, it works fine on *bsd),
 and I managed to fix it. I do not use a proxy, and my contact list is
 small (~15 contacts). This was not a pidgin problem, other clients would
 not connect as well, but I'll post my solution here to possibly help other
 users that have this issue.

 I have an OpenBSD router/firewall that has a scrub line that causes the
 connect problem (MSN)
 {{{
 scrub on $ext_if all reassemble tcp
 }}}
 Removing this line from the pf firewall fixes the error.

 Another solution (for linux clients), is to disable the tcp_timestamps:
 {{{
 echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps
 or
 sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps=0
 }}}

 I hope this helps

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