[Pidgin] #15466: "Open e-mail" for hotmail e-mails silently fails with "error: 5"

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#15466: "Open e-mail" for hotmail e-mails silently fails with "error: 5"
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 Reporter:  ruipgpinheiro  |      Owner:  datallah
     Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
Milestone:                 |  Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.10.6         |   Keywords:  error opening uri hotmail live
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 If I get an "e-mail received" message from hotmail and click "Open e-mail"
 or "Open all e-mails", nothing happens and the e-mail disappears from the
 list.

 The debug log shows the following message (with personally identifying
 parts of the URI substituted with "[...]"):


 {{{
 (19:11:21) winpidgin: Error opening URI:
 https://login.live.com/ppsecure/md5auth.srf?[...] error: 5
 }}}

 Error 5 represents, of course, "Access Denied" in Windows. Running pidgin
 as administrator does not help.

 Pasting the '''full''' URI onto a conversation window and clicking it
 gives the same problem. Pasting the URI as above (with the "[...]")
 however works. I'm not able to post the full URI since it contains login
 information for my account.

 G-mail does not have the same problem and opens in Firefox. I've tested
 plenty of other URIs in conversations and I haven't been able to find any
 that also fails other than those automatically generated by Pidgin.

 I've double checked, and Firefox is set to open all file-types through the
 default application screen, so that's not the problem. Typing the URI into
 "Start -> Run" works fine (and opens firefox).


 I'm running Pidgin 2.10.6 (libpurple 2.10.6) on Windows 8 Pro, 64bits.

 Thanks in advance for any help!

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Ticket URL: <https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/15466>
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