Re: I can't connect to Pidgin!

2014-11-14 Thread David Woolley
On 14/11/14 07:19, Chris von Gutschi wrote: I've been trying now for two days to connect to Pidgin - but it doesn't work. It just loads and loads and nothing happens. I've never had issues before and I even have the latest update of it. Anything I can do? Or is this something the administration

Piging login

2014-11-14 Thread Mpho Tshivhase
Hi I am unable to connect to Pidgin.. and I've never used it before. Regards Mpho HYPERLINK http://www.oracle.com/; \nOracle Mpho Tshivhase | Consulting Intern: SA SADC Phone: +27 11 319 4616 | Mobile: +27 78 263 8383 Oracle Consulting ORACLE Corporation, South Africa Woodmead

Re: Piging login

2014-11-14 Thread David Woolley
On 14/11/14 11:50, Mpho Tshivhase wrote: I am unable to connect to Pidgin.. and I’ve never used it before. You can't connect to Pidgin. You use Pidgin to connect to something. Normally when such questions come from Oracle email addresses, that something is a server run by Oracle. People

RE: Piging login

2014-11-14 Thread Mpho Tshivhase
Hi, I just downloaded it again, it is working now. Thanks, Mpho -Original Message- From: David Woolley [mailto:for...@david-woolley.me.uk] Sent: 14 November 2014 01:55 PM To: Mpho Tshivhase; support@pidgin.im Subject: Re: Piging login On 14/11/14 11:50, Mpho Tshivhase wrote: I am

Server

2014-11-14 Thread Kayleigh- Laurel Ridge Dental Associates
We have three locations using pidgin chat and for 3 days now, none have been able to log on. The buddy list comes up, however, says connecting at the bottom and never connects. No error message or anything, just connecting. Is this problem being fixed? Kayleigh Davis, Office Manager

MSN stopped connecting after latest update

2014-11-14 Thread EPPack
Just updated my Pidgin to v2.10.10 and it will no longer connect to my MSN account. I have an AIM account that still works fine. The message I see is on the Buddy screen, at the bottom, and it says Available - Connecting but it never does. I am behind a firewall, and we run a Barracuda, but

connection problems

2014-11-14 Thread nuovagrafica
they are few days since I have updated the System with last windows updates that I have connession problems with pidgin, I updated it to new version and reinstalled the software but doesn't work it says in connection but it is not able to load contacts list, I have windows 8.1 64 bit, any

Re: Server

2014-11-14 Thread David Woolley
On 14/11/14 12:26, Kayleigh- Laurel Ridge Dental Associates wrote: *We have three locations using pidgin chat and for 3 days now, none have been able to log on. The buddy list comes up, however, says connecting at the bottom and never connects. No error message or anything, just “connecting”.

Re: Server

2014-11-14 Thread David Woolley
On 14/11/14 12:26, Kayleigh- Laurel Ridge Dental Associates wrote: *We have three locations using pidgin chat and for 3 days now, none have been able to log on. The buddy list comes up, however, says connecting at the bottom and never connects. No error message or anything, just “connecting”.

RE: Server

2014-11-14 Thread Kayleigh- Laurel Ridge Dental Associates
That was my implication, that there may be a server issue- on your end or MSN. Thank you for the response. Kayleigh Davis, Office Manager Laurel Ridge Dental Associates 7277 Bee Ridge Road Sarasota, FL 34241 P: 941-371-3006 F: 941-371-6733 Office Of: Dr. Mary I. Porter, D.M.D. Dr. Todd

Re: connection problems

2014-11-14 Thread David Woolley
On 14/11/14 13:04, nuovagrafica wrote: they are few days since I have updated the System with last windows updates that I have connession problems with pidgin, I updated it to new version and reinstalled the software but doesn't work it says in connection but it is not able to load contacts

Re: Server

2014-11-14 Thread David Woolley
On 14/11/14 13:08, Kayleigh- Laurel Ridge Dental Associates wrote: That was my implication, that there may be a server issue- on your end or MSN. Thank you for the response. The community that supports pidgin do not provide or maintain any servers that are used by pidgin in normal operation.

Re: Server

2014-11-14 Thread Alexandro Colorado
Probably wuld be better to migrate to a Jabber server, and controll your infrastructure. On 11/14/14, David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk wrote: On 14/11/14 13:08, Kayleigh- Laurel Ridge Dental Associates wrote: That was my implication, that there may be a server issue- on your end or

Re: MSN stopped connecting after latest update

2014-11-14 Thread Tres Finocchiaro
@Elaine, We are getting multiple reports of this. Here is a link which explains more: https://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2014-November/028325.html In short, Microsoft seems to have blacklisted Pidgin. Since we're at their mercy, there's very little that can be done other than to switch to

Re: Server

2014-11-14 Thread Alexandro Colorado
Probably would be better to migrate to a Jabber server, and controll your infrastructure. On 11/14/14, David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk wrote: On 14/11/14 13:08, Kayleigh- Laurel Ridge Dental Associates wrote: That was my implication, that there may be a server issue- on your end or

Re: MSN stopped connecting after latest update

2014-11-14 Thread Ethan Blanton
Tres Finocchiaro spake unto us the following wisdom: In short, Microsoft seems to have blacklisted Pidgin. Since we're at their mercy, there's very little that can be done other than to switch to Microsoft's official client app. This is simply not true. Microsoft expired some old client IDs,

Re: MSN stopped connecting after latest update

2014-11-14 Thread Tres Finocchiaro
It is not (as far as we know) an attempt by Microsoft to shut Pidgin out. Thanks for the clarification. On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Ethan Blanton e...@pidgin.im wrote: Let's not just make stuff up. For the record, this wasn't made up by me, I quoted the word blacklist from the same

Re: MSN stopped connecting after latest update

2014-11-14 Thread David Woolley
On 14/11/14 13:54, Tres Finocchiaro wrote: For the record, this wasn't made up by me, I quoted the word blacklist from the same link that David Woolley keeps replying with. I said that it was Microsoft's client that was blacklisted and that Pidgin currently pretends to be that client. If

[solved] Re: perl plugin newbie question

2014-11-14 Thread Johnson Earls
Hey folks, I figured this out. The plugin from which I copied the receiving-chat-msg callback code had no idea what the parameters were actually supposed to be. FWIW, the solution to changing the message flags in the receiving-chat-msg callback is: sub receiving_chat_msg_cb { my

Re: getting the following error when trying to use pigeon

2014-11-14 Thread Tres Finocchiaro
What do I need to do to fix? Please contact your IT department. This is a public mailing list which doesn't have access to your account. Please tell IT that you contacted us accidentally (forward this email to them if possible) ___ Support@pidgin.im

MSN-Kontakte in Pidgi nicht mehr angezeigt - no MSN contacts in Pidgin any more shown

2014-11-14 Thread EtremelGoogleMail
Hallo, Auf Ubuntu 14.04 in Pidgin 2.10.9 (libpurple 2.10.9) werden nur noch meine ICQ-Kontakte angezeigt. Meine MSN-Kontakte aber seit einigen Tagen nicht mehr. Woran könnte das liegen? In Ubuntu 14.04 in Pidgin 2.10.9 (libpurple 2.10.9) only my ICQ contacts are shown. But since some days no

Re: MSN-Kontakte in Pidgi nicht mehr angezeigt - no MSN contacts in Pidgin any more shown

2014-11-14 Thread David Woolley
On 14/11/14 22:37, EtremelGoogleMail wrote: Auf Ubuntu 14.04 in Pidgin 2.10.9 (libpurple 2.10.9) werden nur noch meine ICQ-Kontakte angezeigt. Meine MSN-Kontakte aber seit einigen Tagen nicht mehr. Woran könnte das liegen? In Ubuntu 14.04 in Pidgin 2.10.9 (libpurple 2.10.9) only my ICQ

Connection encryption

2014-11-14 Thread steamkey
Hello! I just switched from Skype to Pidgin, and I had a question. I use XMPP / Jabber with Pidgin. Is my connection fully encrypted? My friend list, messages and everything? So users on my network can't spy on me? There's connection security in advanced XMPP account settings. Is that it?

Re: Connection encryption

2014-11-14 Thread Ethan Blanton
You asked the same question approximately eight times, I'm going to answer it once. steam...@post.cz spake unto us the following wisdom: I just switched from Skype to Pidgin, and I had a question. I use XMPP / Jabber with Pidgin. Is my connection fully encrypted? My friend list, messages and

press TAB to change convo tabs?

2014-11-14 Thread Linus Arver
Hello list, After many years of not using Pidgin, I'm back at it again. I'm aware that you can use CTRL+TAB to change conversation tabs, but I propose the following (optional?) behavior: * Pressing TAB in an empty (pristine) conversation entry box should act just like CTRL+TAB. I