[Pidgin] #12030: Adding new Contact to MSN caused all Contact Names revert to email addresses

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#12030: Adding new Contact to MSN caused all Contact Names revert to email
addresses
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 Reporter:  dangb   |     Owner:  QuLogic
     Type:  defect  |    Status:  new    
Component:  MSN     |   Version:  2.7.0  
 Keywords:          |  
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 I added a new contact to my msn account using 2.7.0 and upon them sending
 the request to be added it reverted all contacts which did not have the
 'Nickname' field filled in on their Live profile to now appear as just
 simply the email address they used as an account. Previously they all had
 user names which were set by their own accounts which displayed correctly
 in Pidgin even in 2.7.0. It was not until the request was received that
 Pidgin mass changed them all over to the email address. It appears as if
 it is polling for this field in the new protocol but there must be some
 other fallback mechanism with which MSN transmits the username if the user
 is not using the Live profile system. Also why would it iterate all
 previous contacts when adding a new one to my account?

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/12030>
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