[Pidgin] #6956: Pidgin running slow - at 350,000k+

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#6956: Pidgin running slow - at 350,000k+
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 Reporter:  drexelchris   |     Owner:  lschiere
     Type:  defect        |    Status:  new     
Component:  unclassified  |   Version:  2.5.1   
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 Hi Pidgin Support:

  I am writing from Drexel University Libraries’ Systems department. Our
 reference staff use PIdgin 2.2.2 for our IM reference and chat logging.

 We have Pidgin handling our reference service IM accounts for AIM, MSN,
 Yahoo, Gmail, and Meebo. The logs are stored on a SAN space.

 Everything has been working well for many months until about 3 weeks ago
 when Pidgin began running VERY slowly. I initially thought this was due to
 malware infection and/or the age of the computer running Pidgin. But I
 replaced the machine with a much newer model and ruled out all malware.
 Our local network runs on a gigabit connection and is also working fine.
 Eventually I noticed that Pidgin is running at '''350,000k+''' in task
 manager. Our sister library has Pidgin setup similarly to ours (ie,
 handling the same number of IM accounts and logging to the SAN) but theirs
 - which is running fine -  is using only around 37,000k.

 I just loaded Pidgin on yet another known-good, clean computer and after
 running our custom registry editor file (which I know works OK) I found
 Pidgin is running super slowly on this machine as well.

 I searched the knowledge base of old tickets but came up short. Do you
 folks have any idea what the cause of the slowness is? I need to get this
 resolved before our Fall term starts. Please help!

 Regards,
 Chris Wieman
 Systems Technician
 W.W. Hagerty Library
 Drexel University
 Philadelphia, PA  19104-2875

 crw44 at drexel.edu
 215.895.6840 phone
 215.895.2070 fax
 http://www.library.drexel.edu

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