Re: Email Lists

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 17:24:34 -0600
Dave Warren  wrote:

> On 2022-10-06 12:14, pid...@alexoren.com wrote:
> > On 2022-10-06 12:39, Brian Morrison wrote:  
> >> Exactly like? So it's a mailing list manager...  
> > 
> > Apparently a hybrid.  I don't know how well they managed to pull
> > that off, but they claim they have.  
> 
> Better than anything else I have seen. Possibly not the best. It
> isn't perfect, especially because of things that happen on the web
> that can't in email (edits and moderation being prime examples).

Moderation? Count me out then!

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Re: Email Lists

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 12:31:40 -0400
pid...@alexoren.com wrote:

> > I'm also against any type of forum and prefer stay with the list.  
> 
> I understand your reluctance to use a web interface, but Discourse
> can be configured to behave exactly like a mailing list for the
> people that prefer that mode of communication.

Exactly like? So it's a mailing list manager...

> 
> If you can continue using it that way, communicating via email
> without having to deal with a web interface, would it bother you that
> other people can have different options?

I use the email interface to groups.io (I'd prefer not to have to, but
it is what it is) and I find that email to the groups.io group usually
have broken references headers and the threading is broken because of
this. I also see lots of replies to list and to me as well and it
drives me crazy.

I don't think I have any experience of Discourse.

Mailing lists have worked for me for way over 35 years so I am
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Re: Email Lists

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:28:27 +0300
Konstantin Kharlamov  wrote:

> On Thu, 2022-10-06 at 12:10 +0100, Brian Morrison wrote:
> > On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 04:52:14 -0500
> > Gary Kramlich  wrote:
> >   
> > > When it comes to this migration, are you for or against it?
> > > (Please answer yes/no/doesn't matter)  
> > 
> > No. It seems to be a forum, much prefer mailing lists, forums always
> > treat email as a second-class (or worse) add-on.  
> 
> I don't see a problem as long as a forum allows to emulate a mailing
> list. If Discourse allows one to subscribe "to everything" and reply
> to posts with email, then you get pretty much a mailing list in your
> email client.
> 
> I don't know if Discourse allows that, but if somebody confirms, then
> there should be no problem.
> 

We were asked to vote, I vote against anything that looks like a forum
and has a web interface. YMMV.

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Re: Email Lists

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 04:52:14 -0500
Gary Kramlich  wrote:

> When it comes to this migration, are you for or against it? (Please 
> answer yes/no/doesn't matter)

No. It seems to be a forum, much prefer mailing lists, forums always
treat email as a second-class (or worse) add-on.

> 
> When it comes to this migration, would you like to have users
> imported into the new system? (Please answer yes/no/doesn't matter)

Doesn't matter, see above.

> 
> When it comes to the archives, would you prefer to have it imported
> into the new system? (Please answer yes/no/doesn't matter)

No, please leave the existing archive where it is.

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Re: can't run Pidgin 2.14.2 and 2.14.3

[Brian Morrison]

On Sat, 2021-04-24 at 12:24 +0300, Alexander Gatalsky wrote:
> Hello Support,
> 
> Version 2.14.1 works OK!
> Version 2.14.2 don't starts :-(
> Version 2.14.3 also don't starts :-(
> 
> Checked at two PCs with WinXP-x86.
> 

Looking here:

https://pidgin.im/help/windows/#can-i-run-pidgin-on-windows-98-windows-me-windows-2000-windows-xp-or-windows-vista

I see:

Can I run Pidgin on Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP,
or Windows Vista?

It is possible using old versions of Pidgin and GTK, but we do not
support this. Don’t do it.

This page is from 2019, so it seems that for at least that long new
Pidgin versions have not been supported on XP.

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Re: Issue Logging Into Pidgin account

[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 21:17:51 +
"Hartman, David"  wrote:

> I am unable to log into my Pidgin account using the software.  Is it
> possible that you are experiencing technical issues at the moment?

Pidgin is a client which can use various messaging services, if you
cannot log in then you need to check the service in question. Pidgin
the project does not run any such service so it doesn't have accounts,
this is a peer support mailing list and we are also simply users of the
software.

A little more information could help us to point you in the right
direction. If you can tell us which service you use someone here may be
able to suggest some action to find out what the problem is and
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Re: Need help in logging to pidgin account

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 22:08:55 + (UTC)
efic...@aol.com wrote:

> Can anyone help with log in?

Not to a service that has closed down. You will have to find another
service and use that instead.

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Re: Having issues with XPP account logging in.

[Brian Morrison]

On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:21:30 -0700 (PDT)
Mike Summers  wrote:

> in addiction to using #slack?

It's that bad in there is it?

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Re: Pidgin 2.13.0

[Brian Morrison]

On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 23:28:38 -0500
Gary Kramlich  wrote:

> Yes, we prepped the release ahead of time to see if there would be any
> immediate feedback.  Also, I was curious to see who was monitoring as it's
> been 4 months since the original 2.13.0 source release happened.

"Always watching Wazowski, *always* watching!"

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Re: help needed getting started

[Brian Morrison]

On Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:23:27 + (UTC)
Lew Gwyn  wrote:

> I am running Yahoo messenger on my pc - Windows 7 premium.
> I tried downloading Pidgin, but in the window to select what you run,
> NO Yahoo option appeared.I uninstalled Pidgin, then tried to download
> it again. The system remembers my email address, but shows me as "not
> connected." I cannot figure out how to connect.What am I doing wrong?

You are trying to use a service that was removed from Pidgin with the
previous release, 2.12.0, since it could no longer be supported.

Yahoo Messenger itself is being discontinued from July 17th this year,
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Re: how do I get Off-The-Record-Messaging plugin if it does not show up in the list?

[Brian Morrison]

On Tue, 22 May 2018 11:35:50 -0400
Bates, David P CIV USN \(US\) wrote:

>  
https://otr.cypherpunks.ca
>  

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Re: how do i get pidgen IM to start when I turn my machine on

[Brian Morrison]

On Fri, 4 May 2018 10:11:12 -0700 (PDT)
Jacqueline Jenna <jacqueline.je...@oracle.com> wrote:

> I would like to have it automatically start when I turn my machine on instead 
> of manually starting it.  thx,  jj
> 
>  
> 
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelinejenna?authType=NAME_SEARCH=q85Y=en_US=tyah=clickedVertical:mynetwork,clickedEntityId:2243360,authType:NAME_SEARCH,idx:1-1-1,tarId:1455121585433,tas:Jacqueline%20Jenna
>   Hover, Click, ConnectClick HYPERLINK 
> "http://my.oracle.com/site/hr/Recruiting/GlobalRecruiting/GlobalReferral/index.html#tabs-2"here
>  for the Global Referral Policy  
> 

You could try looking here:

https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ThirdPartyPlugins

I recall that at one time there was a Windows plugin, or dll, that gave
some Windows-specific options including one that allowed for automatic
Pidgin start up on Windows login or startup. It may have been an
official plugin, but I have not used Pidgin on Windows for some time
and I don't have a copy of it around.

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Re: Pidgin 2.13.0 has been released!!

[Brian Morrison]

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:47:37 -0400
pid...@alexoren.com wrote:

> Are there Windows executables for download?
> 
> On 2018-03-09 12:37 AM, Gary Kramlich wrote:
> > Greetings Programs,
> > 
> > Pidgin 2.13.0 has been released.  You can find source tarballs on
> > Sourceforge[1] or Bitbucket [2].  Windows versions are still in the
> > works, so hang tight and we'll announce when they're ready as well.

Did you read the paragraph above?

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Re: hello

[Brian Morrison]

On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 14:24:32 +0300
Konstantin Kharlamov wrote:

> > Naturally all the Pidgin source code is out there and if someone
> > wants it enough they could implement it themselves or even pay
> > someone else to do it for them.  
> 
> Just a little correction: as is the nature of a free software not
> backed by a company.

Hence my comment about being paid above...

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Re: hello

[Brian Morrison]

On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 20:16:26 +0200
طارق السباعي wrote:

> Why not on windows right now!

This was intended to be in Pidgin version 3 but as is the nature of
Free Software it didn't happen as developers didn't continue with this
work.

Naturally all the Pidgin source code is out there and if someone wants
it enough they could implement it themselves or even pay someone else
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Re: Hangouts

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:43:02 -0500
Carol Zazu wrote:

> so a buddy on Pidgin using GoogleTalk has disappeared.  She says she
> is now on Hangouts.  How do I get her back?  Please be simple minded
> in your explanation.  Do I need a plug in?  Third party or from
> Pidgin?  thanks
> 
> "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -Aldous Huxley
> 

You can use Hangouts directly from the Gmail web page, is that a
suitable method for you?

You should also be able to use Pidgin as a Hangouts client, there is a
config example here, just ignore the bit about installing the linux
packages as you already have Pidgin:

https://cialu.net/how-to-configure-pidgin-as-hangouts-client/

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Re: Certificate could not be validated

[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 17 May 2017 17:58:31 +
Evalee Gress wrote:

> When I asked them about this, they said they thought it might be due
> to a Microsoft update. Is that possible?

You should view the certificate and that should tell you who created it
and when. If you have an internal server then I suspect that the
certificate was created with a certain lifespan and now someone needs
to create a new certificate that expires in 5 or so years.

I don't think it can be down to MS, the certificate is for an internal
machine or domain so it's probably something from some years ago and
it's been forgotten about.

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Re: It's 2016, why are we still using mailing lists?

[Brian Morrison]

On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 17:49:15 -0400
Alex Oren  wrote:

> Are there any compelling reasons not to use an internet forum?

Comes to me automatically, I don't have to visit a forum.

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Re: Yahoo Messenger, changes

[Brian Morrison]

On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:34:06 +
Burgess, Tom (KCTCS) wrote:

> Any way to find a way to make this work?

Yahoo don't want you to use a 3rd party client, they want to be able to
throw advertising at you in their own proprietary application. I don't
know if there is enough public information about the new Yahoo
Messenger to attempt to implement a Pidgin plugin to interwork with it.

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Re: Re-enable My Pidgin

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 3 Sep 2015 07:29:18 -0700 (PDT)
Hal Burlhis wrote:

> I recently had my OS installed.   How do I re-enable / reauthorize
> myself on Pidgin?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Hal 

You will need to contact Oracle IT, no one on this peer to peer support
list has any knowledge or administator privileges for internal Oracle
services.

Please ask them to educate Oracle staff to contact IT directly instead
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Re: Password Reset

[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 14:51:51 -0400
Ethan Blanton wrote:

 IT at Oracle does a terrible job

And that's putting it mildly, they seem to want to deliberately upset
the people that support the development of Free Software that they have
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Re: Pidgin application is causing problems with my screen resolution

[Brian Morrison]

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:54:42 -0700 (PDT)
Karl Pitcher karl.pitc...@oracle.com wrote:

 I'm using Windows 7 Professional and 
 Pidgin 2.10.9 (libpurple 2.10.9)
 
 I do not think that Oracle uses a custom Pidgin but I couldn't say for sure. 
 Is there any way for me to find out?
 
 
 Karl Pitcher | Deal Manager, Cloud Deal Management 

Karl, it pains me to say this, but one reason you seem unable to
configure Pidgin correctly is because Oracle's internal IT department
seem to be deficient and do not provide you or your co-worksers adequate
support.

Oracle seems to have decided to use Pidgin internally but has not
bothered to alter the installation so that the help links point to
corporate resources inside Oracle instead of causing users to
constantly be sending emails to the peer support list provided by
ordinary Pidgin users who have no greater power than the ability to
read and type replies to this list.

Please do us a favour, speak to whoever is in charger of messaging
applications within Oracle and ask them why, despite several years
passing, they have still been unable to complete the simple task of
supporting their users.

While you're at it, you could also ask them why your display is
misbehaving.

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Re: hi

[Brian Morrison]

On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 04:06:37 -0700 (PDT)
Robert Lenane wrote:

 Im trying to set up pidgin for the first time
 
  
 
 It states that my account needs to be re-enabled.
 
  
 
 Could you re-enable please.
 
  
 
 Kind regards
 
  
 
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 Mobile: +44 (0) 7894 811 758
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 protect the environment
 
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 Reg. office: Oracle Parkway, Thames Valley Park, Reading RG6 1RA
 
  
 

Hi Robert

Please be advised that Pidgin is being supplied to you as an end user
by your employer, Oracle. It is the responsibility of your internal IT
department to configure and support their installation of Pidgin and
whatever server is used within Oracle to carry the internal messaging
traffic.

On this mailing list, which is a peer support list for Pidgin (which is
Free Software) where ordinary users help each other, we simply cannot
provide the assistance you need within your corporate environment.

Please would you contact the Oracle IT department and ask them to
modify the installation of Pidgin within Oracle so that the Help links
point to internal Oracle address(es) and not the public mailing list
address to which you have posted. They will make many more friends by
doing that than they will by sending us an apparently unending stream
of your coworkers that have been let down by the Oracle IT department.

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Re: Please help me Pidgin is not working

[Brian Morrison]

On Sat, 6 Jun 2015 07:48:06 -0400
Rodney D. Myers rod_my...@fastmail.fm wrote:

 Contact Oracle IT. That's their job

That seems to be only a rumour...

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Re: login to pidgin

[Brian Morrison]

On Sun, 31 May 2015 18:07:53 +0100
David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk wrote:

 Point out that the repeated such mistakes by 
 Oracle employees are not good for its public image.

It has one?

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Re: Password Problem

[Brian Morrison]

On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:45:59 +
Terri wrote:

 OK - so if I cannot log on, how do I use your program?
 

You need to ask Google to reset your password via whichever web page
they do that from, Pidgin is simply a client program that can connect
to various services, it has no integration with them beyond storing the
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Re: GtkSpell localization

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:13:30 +0200
mirkt wrote:

 Hello,
 
 I am trying to deploy Pidgin 2.10.11 (Windows) with Lithuanian locale
 to my colleagues. After installation I have noticed that GtkSpell
 menu is in English (01.png).. After putting gtkspell.mo into 
 C:\share\locale\lt\LC_MESSAGES everything looks ok (03.png), but I
 would like to put gtkspell.mo somewhere in Pidgin's installation
 folder.. Could you please suggest me how to do it?

If you do the install with the localisation set as you wish then it
should work.

On the page after the GPL agreement scroll down to Localisation and
Spell checking support and tick the lt and Lithuanian boxes. I think
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Re: can't connect to msn

[Brian Morrison]

On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 18:33:07 +0100
Arnauld Bordes wrote:

 I just installed pidgin 2.10.11 on my windows pc. I can connect to
 skype, facebook, gtalk, but cant succeed to connect to msn...any
 suggestions welcome. I double checked user and password, and they are
 fine.

Microsoft has been gradually turning off MSN for some time, it seems
that now there are no servers left that Pidgin is able to connect to
any more. Microsoft has migrated MSN users to Skype, Pidgin does not
support Skype messaging so cannot be used for this purpose.

Cc'd to you in case you are not monitoring the list, please reply to
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Re: There is no support for Linx Mint 17.1

[Brian Morrison]

Ah, I see, didn't realise that. I have never used anything other than 
Redhat/Fedora so it's not something I am familiar with. 

Sorry! 
On 18 Feb 2015 20:55, Ethan Blanton e...@pidgin.im wrote:

 Brian Morrison spake unto us the following wisdom: 
   I tried to install the last version of pidgin but it says There is no 
   support for Linx Mint 17.1, please fix it. Thanks! 
  
  You need to ask whoever packages Pidgin for that distribution of Linux, 
  I don't know who but it shouldn't be too difficult to find out. 

 This specifically comes from the fact that the Ubuntu PPA for Pidgin 
 tells Mint users to contact us if the PPA configuration doesn't know 
 that it can run on their Mint. 

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Re: There is no support for Linx Mint 17.1

[Brian Morrison]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:43:25 -0500 (COT)
Diego Garcia wrote:

 
 Hi, 
 
 I tried to install the last version of pidgin but it says There is no
 support for Linx Mint 17.1, please fix it. Thanks! 

You need to ask whoever packages Pidgin for that distribution of Linux,
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Re: MSN Login Problem

[Brian Morrison]

On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:36:18 -0700
taylo...@nettwerk23.net wrote:

  
 Hi, 
  
 For some time now I have not been able to sign into MSN with Pidgin.
 I get the following error: 
 Connection error from Notification server.
 Connection refused.
  
 The password and login are correct, just verified them. I know
 Microsoft is trying to force people to use Skype. Is SMN not longer
 supported by Pidgin? 

If you are using 2.10.11 and it isn't working then it looks like MSN is
finally gone for good. If you have an earlier version then update and
try again, it might then carry on working until MS really kills off MSN
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Re: Pidgin 2.10.10

[Brian Morrison]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:10:15 +
John A. Grove wrote:

 See the mailing list archive.
   
 I did but couldn't see any reference to my problem

Essentially MS have revoked access to an old MSN Messenger version from
roughly 6 years ago, Pidgin was identifying as this version. It's a
very recent problem, I assume that Pidgin will move to identifying as a
newer MSN Messenger or Live Messenger version, that will last until MS
decide to remove access to that.

The long term future for MSN is to move to Skype clients which is
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Re: Regarding pidgin for iOS

[Brian Morrison]

On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:54:55 +
David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk wrote:

 When are Apple going to change their licensing policies to allow this?

Almost certainly never.

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Re: Question on Tabs v Windows

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:47:44 +
Carla Peeler wrote:

 When I originally installed Pidgin, the multiple IRC windows showed
 up as tabs.  I had to reinstall Pidgin recently, and now each IRC
 channel pops out as an individual window, which gets confusing.
 
 How do I restore the functionality to be one window, with multiple
 tabs?
 

Did you have the plugin pack installed before? There are some IRC
support plugins in there that change the behaviour a bit.

Latest version is 2.7.0, I think there's a link from the Pidgin site.

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Re: Pidgin Disabled/Not Autorized

[Brian Morrison]

On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 20:12:17 +
Angela Sikora wrote:

 I am not sure what may have happened as it was working fine and then
 the next day I am unable to login. I account for Pidgin is
 lukiega...@olark.commailto:lukiega...@olark.com but it is saying
 that it is not authorized, yet my coworkers are still able to log in
 just fine. I attached two images of the errors I receive when I click
 to open up the program. I also try to click the box to check the
 account but the check mark disappears every time I do. I even try to
 click on the re-enable button and it does not do anything.
 
 Thanks,
 Angela

Angela, you first need to talk to the people that operate the server,
this will be olark.com I believe. Ask them if they have changed
something at their end.

The support@pidgin.im address is for help with Pidgin itself and
in this case it seems something has changed but it isn't clear what.
You say that your co-workers can log in OK, are they using the same
details as you or do they have separate login IDs?

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Re: I Lost all connection to Pidgin and all my contacts as of this week.

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:37:40 -0500
Endi Lovell wrote:

 I've been following this list for a couple of years, and it seems
 like there are a large number of oracle users who write to the pidgin
 mailing list. What the heck is going on over there?

Corporate dysfunction. It's very common... :(

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Re: group buddies

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On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:33:54 +
Nicole Schwan wrote:

 Hi,
 
 Every time my coworker sends a group message, I get a new Buddy. I
 try to delete them but they just show up every day. Is there a way I
 can get these group IMs to not show up as a separate group and
 separate buddy?  See pic:

This is not unusual if you are using an XMPP service.

When it happened to me I found that all I could do was to hide the
group created and ignore it.

Someone else may suggest a better fix.

(cc'd to you in case you're not subscribed to the support list, please
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Re: [Pidgin] #16127: YIM Buddies Not on Server List

[Brian Morrison]

On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:47:46 -0400
Norman Fabian wrote:

 Comment:
 
  Closed as duplicate of #15846.

Have you looked at this ticket? It is the original report of the same
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Re: A slight concern about Pidgin

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On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:59:12 -0800 (PST)
jobsquad wrote:

 Something odd though... it remembered my login name on AIM. Why'd it
 do this?

Very simple, it stores user information etc in the .purple directory
under your user/apps directory. The program is installed in the normal
program files tree, when you remove it it doesn't delete user data.

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Re: Pidgin on Android Tablet

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On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 11:21:06 -0500
Tres Finocchiaro wrote:

 On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Chris Garriss cgarr...@garriss.net
 wrote:
 
  Is there a release of Pidgin that will work on an Android tablet?
 
 
 @Chris,
 
 No, not currently and it is unlikely one will be arriving in the near
 future.

The underlying GUI libraries that Pidgin uses are not available on
Android and even if they were the code would have to be heavily revised
to be battery friendly.

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Re: SSL security concern

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On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:34:11 +0100
Ralf Skyper Kaiser wrote:

 1. OTR: encrypt messages by default (private messaging).
 - Out of scope. Can only be fixed within the OTR plugin (developers
 disappeared).

I don't think the OTR developers have disappeared, only that they
haven't been on this list. They're on the cypherpunks list, or at least
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Re: SSL security concern

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On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:25:21 +0100
Ralf Skyper Kaiser wrote:

  1. Do not allow non-private chats  
 
  I don't know what this means.
   
 
 ...if OTR plugin is available then do not allow non-encrypted private
 messages.

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Re: Installing Pidgen

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On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:23:03 -0700 (PDT)
Tom Tadtman wrote:

 Hello - I just got a new PC and when I installed the Pidgen software
 - it says :
 
  
 
 thomas.tadt...@oracle.com/THTADTMA-LAP (beehive) disabled
 
  
 
 How do I enable? I may need to create a new password if requested as
 I can't remember my old one.

Please contact Oracle's internal IT support and ask them to:

a) help you fix it

and

b) Ask them to _PLEASE_ discourage people within Oracle from asking for
help on the Pidgin support mailing list as we are all volunteers and
have no knowledge or access to, nor interest in, Oracle's internal
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Re: Pidgin now working

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Ethan Blanton e...@pidgin.im wrote:

Brian Morrison spake unto us the following wisdom:
 On Wed, 4 Sep 2013 17:21:10 -0400
 Ethan Blanton e...@pidgin.im wrote:
 
  It's very short-sighted of you to think you understand the situation
  after one mailing list post.
 
 I know lots of people who either administer, code for, or use Oracle
 products. I don't know one single person who likes these products. If
 they were able to change to another vendor, they would.

This is a different issue, and not a position we need to take on the
Pidgin support list.  The technical support problem is directly
relevant to the Pidgin project.

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Re: Pidgin now working

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On Wed, 4 Sep 2013 17:21:10 -0400
Ethan Blanton e...@pidgin.im wrote:

 It's very short-sighted of you to think you understand the situation
 after one mailing list post.

I know lots of people who either administer, code for, or use Oracle
products. I don't know one single person who likes these products. If
they were able to change to another vendor, they would.

From what I hear, the attitude that came across from the PP is exactly
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Re: Question Regarding OTR Plugin

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On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:32:46 -0700
senta...@riseup.net wrote:

 I am surprised that it needs to be installed separately.

At least there is a nice easy to use installer, and the Cypherpunks
guys are not associated with Pidgin so it really shouldn't be a
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Re: pidgin 2.10.6 on Ubuntu 12.10: cannot connect behind a HTTP Proxy to gmail account

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:28:49 +0100
Marcello Magaldi wrote:

 Is there any possibility I can connect in this situation ? I also
 tried to change proxy type but I didn't get connected.

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Re: Invisible status bug

[Brian Morrison]

On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 18:01:49 -0800 (PST)
Akira Tanaka wrote:

 Sorry if I'm an imbecile for sending to the wrong support list.

That isn't what David said, merely that if it is a bug it can be
reported via the bug tracking system as suggested.

If you tell us more about the services you're using with Pidgin then we
might be able to diagnose the problem and help you. FYI, Pidgin 2.10.7
is available, it might make a difference.

Please remember that this is a community support list, we're all
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Re: pidgin has stopped working

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On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:55:36 +0700
Ians wrote:

 I have new problem, i was download ricent update, and if open mxit
 stopped working ? 

Pidgin has recently been updated to 2.10.7, it might not make any
difference but it would be sensible to run the currently supported
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Re: Installler error - SHA1 ? RE: Pidgin 2.10.7 released

[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:00:07 +0100
David Balažic wrote:

 When installing pidgin-2.10.7.exe on WinXP Pro SP3, shortly after it
 downloads GTK, I get an error dialog saying:
 
 ---
 Pidgin 2.10.7 Setup
 ---
 Installer corrupted: invalid opcode
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 OK   
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Looks like the gtk+ download is broken, the offline Pidgin installer
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Re: Problem with Pidgin 2.10.7

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On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:47:34 +0100
Łukasz Drwal wrote:

 I'm reporting a problem with Pidgin 2.10.7. After installation this
 program it could not run. It shows problem that it could not find a
 GTK+ program though I install this program with Pidgin automatically.
 

The downloaded gtk+ installer seems to be broken, if you download the
offline Pidgin installer (which contains gtk+ already) then it will
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Re: I How do I set up Pidgin on the DROID X?

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On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:19:45 -0800 (PST)
Kim Bodine wrote:

 How do I set up Pidgin on the DROID X? 
 

There is no Pidgin version for Android, so you cannot.

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Re: hola hi

[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:30:12 +0100
Michel Abreu Pardo wrote:

 I like pidin by i ‘m on Windows and have the 2.7.4 version and i want
 see if cant in the versión activete the webcam(soport video) how this
 function for windows, how will activeted ! thank you!

Pidgin does not support voice and video on Windows at present. The
current version is 2.10.6, 2.7.4 is very old and does not have bug
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Re: account

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On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 11:06:00 -0800 (PST)
Paul Gorski wrote:

 I can't log into my pidgin account.  It say's it's disabled.

You need to talk to Oracle's internal IT department, we can't help you
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Re: Upgrading Pidgin 2.6.3 to 2.10.6

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On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 14:14:36 -0500
cba...@goodyear.com wrote:

 Running Pidgin 2.6.3 on Windows XP.  Want to go to newer version.  Is 
 there an Upgrade option?  Or must I throw it all away and start with a 
 new download and fresh install?
 

Pidgin preserves your preferences and accounts, all you need to do is
to download the new installer, stop Pidgin, run the installer and then
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Re: How to automatically turn on pidgin each day?

[Brian Morrison]

On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:03:04 +
Vicki Funk wrote:

 Please advise how I can set up to automatically turn on pidgin when I
 log in each day?

Open the Plugins entry using Ctrl-U or Tools-Plugins

Find the Windows Pidgin Options plugin, select the Configure Plugin
button at the bottom of the window and tick the Start Pidgin on Windows
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Re: How to automatically turn on pidgin each day?

[Brian Morrison]

On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:08:53 +
Brian Morrison wrote:

 Find the Windows Pidgin Options plugin

And then tick the checkbox to enable it...

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Re: Pidgin errors

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On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:46:31 +0200
Nielle Truter wrote:

 I get copied on every person that logs a query with this stupid
 company !!!

Stupid.company.I see...

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Re: unable to conect to pidgin

[Brian Morrison]

On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 01:23:50 -0800 (PST)
Nikitha Rao wrote:

 I am unable to conect to pidgin.

You need to talk to the Oracle IT staff internally, and please ask them
to stop Oracle staff coming to this support list for help with problems
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Re: Pidgin Question

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On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:32:53 +
Dang, Dorene dorene.d...@cgi.com wrote:

 Hi,
 
 I had a question about Pidgin. Am I able to add people as contacts 
 from chat groups I am not a part of? For example, if I only had a
 Google Talk about, but I wanted to add someone who used MSN, do I need
 to create an MSN account? Is Pidgin only able to bring in contacts from
 the same chat groups?

Pidgin is simply a multi-protocol client, so yes you do need an account
with a particular service (such as MSN) to contact other people that use
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Re: Setting Up Pidgin With Google for Utah State Gvt.

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On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:15:46 -0700
Marc Wade wrote:

 This is not working and I am not sure where to go from here.  Any
 help would be appreciated.

I think you need to put the utah.gov in the domain entry field, leaving
your userid in the user entry field.

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Re: Setting Up Pidgin With Google for Utah State Gvt.

[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:25:41 -0600
Wade Smart wrote:

 You do need utah.gov in the domain field.

Yes, and having the protocol set to XMPP might well be important as
using Google Talk probably forces the GTalk values. It uses XMPP in any
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Re: Monetization partnership

[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 21:08:27 +
Romeo, David wrote:

 Can anyone point me in the right direction to discuss a potential
 monetization business partnership.
 
 Regards,
 
 David Romeo
 Director, Business Development
 IAC/Ask Partner Network

I would imagine that the Republican party is in need of some
distraction right now. I expect that they have contact details on their
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Re: Pidgin Refresh

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On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:44:54 +0100
David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk wrote:

 Unless a library offers a fundamental advantage, one 
 should stick with the tried and trusted ones.

Except that your distro has probably updated to new versions because
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Re: Pidgin Refresh

[Brian Morrison]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:54:31 +0100
David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk wrote:

 Brian Morrison wrote:
  On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:44:54 +0100
  David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk wrote:
  
  Unless a library offers a fundamental advantage, one 
  should stick with the tried and trusted ones.
  
  Except that your distro has probably updated to new versions because
  they keep track of the latest upstream.
  
 
 The better ones keep the older variants, although they may cease to be 
 part of the default installation.
 
 Note, we are talking about non-backward compatible steps, which 
 generally have different .so names, not maintenance versions.
 
 

Indeed. What usually breaks it for me is when the distro has changed
the current version to a compat version, introduced something new and
the package I want to rebuild is looking in the wrong .pc file for
which headers to use when building. It usually takes a while for some
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Re: transferring otr keys

[Brian Morrison]

On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:01:52 +1300
Steve Gopalan wrote:

 Hello All,
 
 I have been Pigdin for sometime. Unfortunately i had previously
 installed it in my work computer and now moved to my home computer.
 
 How do i successfully copy of my otr keys from my work computer which
 i have done but how do i install them on my home computer. Please
 help me transfer the OTR keys so my buddies can see me.

If you find your user directory, so:

C:\Documents and Settings\user (Win XP)

then look in Application Data\.purple (or equivalent on newer OSs)

you should have some otr.string files, like otr.fingerprints etc.

If you copy these to your home .purple directory, and maybe other
missing files if there is anything obviously related that I've missed,
then it should work OK.

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Re: Pidgin Source Code

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On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 06:48:16 -0700
Muhammad Sadat Shafiq wrote:

 please do me a favor, i want to add a feature of peer to peer video
 call and peer to peer file sharing. would you please tell me that
 is it possible to add these features in PIDGIN open source
 software
 
 is it possible or not?
 

When run on Linux, Pidgin already has the ability to make video calls
using various IM services' infrastructure.

As to the wider question, it's software, it does whatever you program
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Re: QQ protocol

[Brian Morrison]

On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:54:48 +0200
Armand Delo... armand.d...@hotmail.fr wrote:

 me too, i search a functionnal QQ plugin !!

There was a QQ plugin but it was removed due to incompatibility with
the QQ servers and lack of anyone who was able to keep up with the
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Re: Pidgin status glitch

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On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:16:26 -0700 (PDT)
Akira Tanaka artfoundr...@yahoo.com wrote:

 I use the 2.10.0 version of Pidgin

Which is quite old now, the latest is 2.10.6. I would recommend that
you upgrade and see if the problem is fixed.

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Re: portuguese language pack

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On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:39:06 +0100
António Luís antoniomcl...@gmail.com wrote:

 I`d like to know what to do to install pt_PT language pack. In the 
 default installation it does not installed.

Select it in the installer, there is a list of localisation and
spell-checker dictionaries that you can expand and then select as you
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Re: Three clicks to open conversation window?

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On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:57:58 +0200
Jan Zimmermann j.zimmerm...@vodafone.de wrote:

 Just updated to 2.10.5. Now it takes three clicks on a buddy name to 
 open the conversation window. Normal? If so, is there a way to set it 
 back to two clicks?

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Re: Three clicks to open conversation window?

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 18:17:18 -0800
Mike Koos makoto...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 02:06:06 +0100
 Brian Morrison b...@fenrir.org.uk wrote:
 
  I also see this on Windows, not yet tried it on Linux.
 
 Yeah, I'm seeing it on Linux, too.  (Compiled it this morning.)

Just rebuilt and installed on Fedora 17, IM windows open with 2 clicks
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Re: Messages not coming through

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On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:46:16 -0700
David J. Pennoyer penno...@attglobal.net wrote:

 I'm using
 *Pidgin 2.7.1*(libpurple 2.7.1)

The current version of Pidgin on Win32 is 2.10.4, 2.7.1 is very old and
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Re: Help with error 401

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On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:25:34 +
Kathleen Murphy kathleen.mur...@mcdean.com wrote:

 My pidgin account recently stopped working.
 When I go to connect I am getting an error 401: Not Authorized.
 Can you let me know what this means and possible ways to fix?

Well you don't have a pidgin account, but you probably do have an IM
service's account which you access using Pidgin.

Please tell us more about which service you use and perhaps show us the
contents of the debug window (accessed via the Help menu) with any
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Re: Pidgin in Corporate Environment

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On Wed, 23 May 2012 21:37:39 +0100
David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk wrote:

 Please remind me to avoid those services if I'm sending anything 
 sensitive! 

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Re: connection time out

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On Thu, 10 May 2012 19:37:42 +0100
Ben Hallett allbete...@gmail.com wrote:

 I am unable to connect to irc as when I try it says that the
 connection has timed out. what should i do to fix this.
 

Well you have not provided enough detail for us to help.

Can you tell us which IRC server you're trying to connect to and
provide the contents of the debug window after your connection attempt
has timed out. Make sure you don't post anything sensitive, like
passwords, user ID or anything similar.

Can you connect with a different IRC client? Are you behind a
restrictive firewall?

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Re: My account is currently suspended.

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On Tue, 8 May 2012 06:19:09 -0700 (PDT)
Nemle Productions neml...@yahoo.com wrote:

 I use version 2.10.1 btw.

The latest release is version 2.10.4, it would be a good idea to update
as the fixes in the latest three point releases are aimed at fixing
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Re: not working

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On Tue, 8 May 2012 13:25:33 -0700 (PDT)
Joe Odonnell joeyo...@yahoo.ca wrote:

 I don't know how to get this messenger to work with my yahoo account.

It should be as simple as creating an account using the Yahoo protocol
and entering your login ID and password. Have you tried at all? There
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Re: Issues connecting to facebook and IRC

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On Fri, 4 May 2012 18:05:54 +0100
Никола Гюров ngyuro...@gmail.com wrote:

 I read that I should download some
 purple pidgin plugin, I did, but now I don't know how to install it,
 because it doesn't say that anywhere... It's in some weird file format
 that I don't know how to open and I don't know in which folder to put
 it either.

If you are using Windows, then the plugins are .dll files which should
be placed in the plugins subdirectory of where Pidgin is installed,
that's probably in C:\Program Files\Pidgin. Note that the most recent
plugin pack also has some files that need to go in a subdirectory
called bin again in the above directory.

If you need further help then some debug window output would be
helpful, I don't know about the IRC case but without knowing about the
server you will find it difficult to connect. Others have Facebook chat
working, so it's probably a settings problem.

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Re: Can't remove group on XMPP

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On Thu, 3 May 2012 08:23:35 -0700 (PDT)
Ryan Pratt ryan.pr...@oracle.com wrote:

 I am running 2.10.0 on Windows 7, logged in via XMPP.  I have a group
 called Manager and Peers that I created.  If I try to move contacts
 to another group or try to delete this group, changes are not saved
 and Manager and Peers shows back up once I restart Pidgin.  The
 changes are not being saved.

As you are an Oracle employee, or at least you appear to be, please
would you contact your in house IT department for help. We cannot
support you as you are using private system servers that we know nothing
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Re: Highlight Misspelled words option

[Brian Morrison]

On Fri, 4 May 2012 00:04:00 +
Irina Druskin idrus...@theretailequation.com wrote:

 Would you suggest how I can fix it?

It is almost certainly because the dictionaries and spell checker have
been deleted during your reformat.

If you reinstall Pidgin and select these options in the installer then
Pidgin should download them and reenable this support.

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Re: Persistent waiting for network connection and buddy lists don't load on open

[Brian Morrison]

On Sat, 3 Mar 2012 18:59:03 -0800
Dennis Carr dennistheti...@chez-vrolet.net wrote:

 How can I fix this?

2.7.3 is seriously ancient, the current version is 2.10.1 so I would
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Re: Windows 7: Loading Pidgin on start up

[Brian Morrison]

On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:46:18 -0800 (PST)
Karen Ram karen@oracle.com wrote:

 Hello,
 
  
 
 Prior to upgrading to Windows 7, an icon for Pidgin quick launch  
 always displayed on the bottom right on start up. Now, because the icon
 no longer appears, I always have to remember to launch Pidgin each
 morning. Does anyone know of a way to get the icon back so that I don't
 have to launch the application every time I start my computer?
 

With the Windows Pidgin versions, there should be a setting in the
preferences to start Pidgin at Windows login. I think there is a
Windows settings plugin that needs to be loaded, so tick the checkbox
in the Plugins list and then look in the Preferences again.

You might also ask your internal IT support people ;-)

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Re: Pidgeon Setup error

[Brian Morrison]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:46:22 +
Amber Gray amber.g...@mcdean.com wrote:

 
 Hello,
 
 Error Downloading GTK+Runtime box keeps popping up. I tried downloading
 it directly from www.pidgin.imhttp://www.pidgin.im then I followed
 the directions to download from
 www.pidgin.im/download/windowshttp://www.pidgin.im/download/windows
 when the first few times failed. Can you please assist me with this?
 

How are you downloading Pidgin? Using a browser?

Which browser are you using and exactly what error messages are you
seeing and when?

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Re: Pidgin stopped working with gmail

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:11:40 -0800
Rachel Grant rgran...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi there,
 
 I've been using pidgin for months just fine with gmail, but today, I keep
 getting an unable to connect message. I've tried removing the account and
 re-adding, disabling and re-enabling, uninstalling and re-installing
 pidgin. Not sure how to fix this, but really need pidgin to work with gmail.

Please can you post the contents of the Help-Debug Window when your
connection attempt fails. Check it before sending and obfuscate any
information you don't want on a public mailing list such as user name
and password.

Please post this to the list address and not directly to me, I've CC'd
you as I don't know whether you are subscribed to the Pidgin support
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Re: Issue with pidgin 2.10.0

[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:43:28 +
David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk wrote:

 sapna wrote:
  
  I have installed pidgin 2.10.0. but I am not seeing anybody that was 
  added to my a/c I can see only groups.
 
 Your account with whom?

The OP would best address their question to the Oracle internal IT
support department, and he might also like to install the latest
version which is 2.10.1...

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Re: sametime version mismatch problem

[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:36:46 +
venkat ratnam venkat.v...@gmail.com wrote:

 But this sametime version mismatch error, is taking toll.

You need to provide more information than this, what is the error,
which service are you using, which platform and version of Pidgin are
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Re: Not on server list issue w/ Yahoo Messenger

[Brian Morrison]

On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 09:40:38 -0600
Leanne Watkins leannecele...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello-
 I've been trying to add a buddy who uses Yahoo Messenger. I see her name
 under offline buddies with a note not on server list and a red icon - a
 circle with slash. I looked through the development tab of other cases and
 see that this is common, but didn't find any cases with a resolution. Has
 one been found now?
 
 I'm using *Pidgin 2.7.1* (libpurple 2.7.1).

The current version of Pidgin is 2.10.1, so your version is now very
much out of date. I think that at least one of the fixes since 2.7.1 is
to do with the type of problem you are suffering so the first thing to
do is to download and install the updated version.

Note that the new installer allows the selection of dictionaries and
internationalisation support by selecting any languages you require
during the installation, it's also worth selecting the debug symbols
option as this is helpful in the event that you need to report a crash.

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Re: Forgot Password

[Brian Morrison]

On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 14:30:36 -0500
Robert Terry 06terr...@gmail.com wrote:

 What do I do about a forgotten password?

You need to follow the password recovery procedure for the IM service
that you are using, Pidgin is a multi-protocol client it doesn't
provide the actual service so the password handling is done by the
actual service provider i.e. AIM, MSN, Google etc.

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Re: Help required on Language Settings in Pidgin

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:04:06 -0800 (PST)
Akash Basu akash.b...@oracle.com wrote:

 I know that I can type whatever I want in the chat box. But I don’t
 find the special character that we need to use in Spanish in the chat
 box. Because of this I am unable to write correct words in the chat box.

Do you have Spanish language and keyboard support in Windows (I assume
you're using Windows)? If you don't then you need to install it, and
then selecting the Spanish keyboard should then enable accented
characters.

If you want spell checking you can add the languages you want via the
internationalisation options in the Pidgin installation program.

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Re: Pidgin 2.10.1 is failed

[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 13:58:46 +
Andrei Hruzd andrei_hr...@epam.com wrote:

 One important thing: I have installed pidgin-sipe plugin to use
 protocol Office Communicator. It seems it is a root cause, but I need
 this protocol.

You will need to contact the author of this plugin and ask them, this
list can only support the supplied Pidgin plugins and the plugin pack
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Re: This is unacceptable!

[Brian Morrison]

On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:54:47 +0100
sab...@lutzmann.com wrote:

 Are your programmers completely crazy?

No they're not, Pidgin is accepting these contacts from the server on
one of your accounts, I suspect it would be Google Talk.

You need to change it in your preferences for the service I think, it
isn't something that Pidgin has any control over.

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Re: uninstall

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 05:33:36 -0600
Paul White wildfire...@cox.net wrote:

 How do I find and exit the program that supposedly is running so I can
 uninstall.

There will be an icon in your system tray on Windows, right click this
and select Quit.

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Re: password reset

[Brian Morrison]

On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:23:45 -0500
Emmy tdb...@neo.rr.com wrote:

 I cant sign into aim.pls help

Need some more information, but please ensure you don't put anything
personally identifiable like passwords and user names.

What version of Pidgin do you have?

Before you try to connect, open the Help-Debug Window and then paste
the contents once you have tried to connect. Ensure there is no
password etc in the message you send.

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Re: good morning

[Brian Morrison]

On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:22:51 +
D'Arrigo, Frank frank.darr...@boxtone.com wrote:

 I recently added MSN to my pidgin account and the MSN users are not
 showing up in the contact list.  I can im them, but in the im window
 it says they are offline. Any recommendations
 

Which version of Pidgin are you using? If it's an old one then it may
not be working correctly with the newer MSN protocols as they have
evolved with time requiring changes to Pidgin's underlying libraries to
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Re: How to Setup Pidgin to Eyeballchat.com

[Brian Morrison]

On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 02:29:18 +0800 (SGT)
zul mack zul_9...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Hi,
  
 Can you help me to set up pidgin account so I can use in Eyeball Chat?

I assume you're using Windows. As yet Pidgin does not support video
under Windows, and even if it did I don't know whether Eyeball Chat
used a protocol that is supported by Pidgin.

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Re: My new pidgin account says/disabled

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:11:43 -0400
SR Business Services sr.business.outsourc...@gmail.com wrote:

 Please help. Thank you in advance

We need more information on what service you are trying to use.

Pidgin itself does not have accounts, they exist on the various IM
services that Pidgin acts as a client for.

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Re: connecting to yahoo

[Brian Morrison]

On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:56:08 -0700 (PDT)
Kristy Green im_tha_bes...@yahoo.com wrote:

 I have a yahoo account and have been trying to connect to it thru
 pidgin but all it does is keep saying connecting and nothing happens
 what can i do to fix this?
 

You could provide us with the contents of the debug window, accessed
through the help menu, with personal information (passwords etc)
removed. Then we could see where things are going wrong.

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Re: Pidgin causes Ubuntu 11.10 Update Manager

[Brian Morrison]

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:54:47 -0400
Gary Rickett gar...@gmail.com wrote:

 When I click Check in Update Manager, eventually Update Manager gives the
 following message:
 
 Title: Failed to download repository information.
 Two lines of message:
 W:Failed to fetch
 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/source/Sources
 404  Not Found,
 W:Failed to fetch
 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/binary-i386/Packages
 404  Not Found,
 E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones
 used instead.

This is an Ubuntu packaging problem, you need to report this via
whatever Ubuntu uses for reporting package bugs rather than to the
Pidgin support list.

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Re: pidgin and fedora14

[Brian Morrison]

On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:26:43 +0200
dickkamminga dickkammi...@ziggo.nl wrote:

 Hello,
 I am trying to configure pidgin for fedora14, but it don, work.
 Is there any body who has a manual or knows how to get pidgin
 starts with fedora14


Become root, then yum install pidgin and it should be done, yum will
install all needed dependencies and then you can add any additional
rpms you need like libotr etc.

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