[Pidgin] #12125: counterpart "not on server list"

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#12125: counterpart "not on server list"
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 Reporter:  cstvrt               |     Owner:  QuLogic
     Type:  defect               |    Status:  new    
Component:  MSN                  |   Version:  2.7.1  
 Keywords:  server NOT updating  |  
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 A "not on server list" tag, followed by a red circle like the no parking
 sign, appears on my msn/hotmail chat buddies. It refers only to chat
 buddies using msn/ hotmail. It seems that recently (= it actually started
 even a little before Pidgin version 2.71), Pidgin stopped updating the MSN
 server list.
 Except for that error, Pidgin does not crash or anything, it just doesn't
 communicate with MSN people anymore.
 There is no other problem originated by myself (settings or something), I
 can communicate with these people normally through Yahoo Messenger for
 example (which supports MSN). The trouble is, even though these contacts
 appear correctly as available (or not), i.e. with their green or grey
 circle, I cannot write to them. And if they try writing to me (e.g. after
 I wrote to them via Yahoo Messenger), their answer arrives at a random
 other MSN user's account!
 To be precise though (and it might be really decisive), I never added
 these people via MSN, just through Yahoo Messenger. It worked up to now.
 If I close my Yahoo account in Pidgin, they disappear altogether. The
 "pure" Yahoo server list is updated alright (I have such users); maybe the
 only solution I need is to add them from my MSN account first (adding them
 directly via Pidgin never worked for me, or I'm too dumb for it). So maybe
 v.2.71 stopped offering support for these "imported into MSN"-contacts via
 Yahoo.

 I have searched a little around, and found out it is not the first time
 Pidigin does not update the server list, it happened again quite long ago.
 The user who reported that mentioned, even installing an earlier Pidgin
 version did not resolve it.
 So, if it is not fixed, I am afraid I will have to give up Pidgin... to my
 great dislike. But unfortunately, due to the extent of Microsoft usage,
 most chatters are on MSN...

 P.S. The fact that these ppl are offline at the moment I took my screen
 shot, is a mere coincidence (as said, they appear "green" alright, yet
 remain fully unreachable)

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