[Pidgin] #13298: Cannot add msn buddy: error msg about invalid email address

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#13298: Cannot add msn buddy: error msg about invalid email address
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 Reporter:  flohack  |        Owner:  QuLogic
     Type:  defect   |       Status:  new    
Milestone:           |    Component:  MSN    
  Version:  2.7.9    |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:           |  
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Comment(by Rankserve):

 I tried to setup another employee with a MSN username that is abcd @
 company.com, our actual email addresses. Done this many times but now we
 are getting this error that its an invalid name.

 I tried the same work around(use actual MSN to add the buddy then go back
 to pidgin) and yes it does put them on your buddylist. However we can
 never see eachother online.(i have the two comps next to eachother for
 visual) I sent offline messages a couple times, and went through once
 after relogin but still cannot see eachother online.

 Now we set her up with just a normal msn username and the issue is still
 there for us to see eachother online, even though she is using normal UN,
 and normal MSN. And my MSN is working fine with all my old users on my
 buddy list. (im using pidgin on windows xp 32bit.)

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