[Pidgin] #1942: Unable to maintain conversations with invisible users

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#1942: Unable to maintain conversations with invisible users
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 Reporter:  asqui      |       Type:  defect
   Status:  new        |   Priority:  minor 
Component:  libpurple  |    Version:  2.0.2 
 Keywords:             |    Pending:  0     
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 After an invisible MSN contact has messaged you, you are able to reply.
 However, if the conversation sits idle without a response for some small
 amount of time any further attempts to message the other person result in
 an error that the contact is offline or unavailable, until they send you
 another message.

 I saw in Ticket #939 here the following comment already:

 "The server or remote end closes the connection after an idle timeout.
 Messaging with invisible users is not supported."

 Is this a case of "It's simply not possible to support" or "We don't
 support it yet.".

 I ask because surely the Microsoft client does not suffer this issue when
 communicating with invisible users?

 I've also only noticed the problem recently, but I can not confirm that is
 not simply coincidence.

 For the record I am an AdiumX user, which makes use of libpurple/libgaim.

 Is there anything I can do to help troubleshoot/investigate this? Happy to
 use a debug version of Pidgin, AdiumX, etc.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/1942>
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