[Pidgin] #6595: Loss of defined accounts after upgrade from v2.2.0 to v2.4.3

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#6595: Loss of defined accounts after upgrade from v2.2.0 to v2.4.3
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Reporter:  DLinPle  |        Type:  defect            
  Status:  new      |   Component:  pidgin (gtk)      
 Version:  2.4.3    |    Keywords:  duplicate accounts
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 I want to report a loss of functionality in Pidgin v2.4.3 that I found
 after upgrading from v2.2.0.  After upgrading to v2.4.3, Pidgin no longer
 allows me to have 2 accounts for the same IM account.

 In Pidgin 2.2.0 I had 2 accounts set up for the same IM account (on
 gmail).  One used an HTTP proxy and the other used no proxy.  When
 connected to my company's VPN, I have to use the HTTP proxy to access the
 internet.  When I disconnect the VPN I can't see the corporate proxy
 server and, therefore, must use no proxy.  Depending on whether I was
 connected using VPN or not, one or the other of the Pidgin accounts was
 working and the other had no connectivity.

 After upgrading to v2.4.3, I can no longer have my 2 Pidgin accounts that
 differ in their proxy settings.  Now I have to manually fiddle with the
 Pidgin account's proxy settings whenever I connect/disconnect the
 corporate VPN.  This is wayyyyy too much work.  The 2 accounts method was
 a set it and forget it operation.

 Note that I cannot use Pidgin's Use Global Proxy setting to manage this.
 My global proxy setting (as set in Internet Explorer) uses an automatic
 configuration script (wpad.dat) file.  In testing I find that Pidgin, like
 many internet utilities, doesn't understand wpad.dat files and simply
 looks at the proxy server name which, on my machine, is always empty.

 I use the Windows version of Pidgin on my Windows XP SP3 workstation.

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