[Pidgin] #8423: MSN UTF8 MSG Handling in pidgin

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#8423: MSN UTF8 MSG Handling in pidgin
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 Reporter:  jgreig         |           Owner:  QuLogic
     Type:  defect         |          Status:  closed 
Milestone:                 |       Component:  MSN    
  Version:  2.5.4          |      Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:  utf crash msg  |   Launchpad_bug:         
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Changes (by jgreig):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Old description:

> Firstly, this isn't a critical bug, but it's still an annoying bug.
>
> Older versions of the *real* MSN client send:
>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> in the MSG command, as opposed to newer clients sending:
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> If an older msn client sends an extended character such as 'â' to a
> pidgin client (without charset=UTF-8) this causes the receiving pidgin
> client to fault and crash in *both* windows and linux.
>
> I've attached a copy of my pidgin.RPT.
>
> James Greig

New description:

 Firstly, this isn't a critical bug, but it's still an annoying bug.

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