i dont know, i guess i could create a test case for it. I am very busy
right now.

On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Mörgæs <cyberpenguin1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is this still a problem in 13.10?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319354
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> Title:
>   MSN user name change to often causes msg box overflow and kills client
>
> Status in “pidgin” package in Ubuntu:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   Binary package hint: pidgin
>
>   If the MSN user changes its name too often, then
>   there is an error msg that shows up, it does not say which user, just that 
> it was too often.
>   If the name continues to change too often, there will be hundreds of such 
> boxes open.
>   this is a form of an attack,and can kill the client process and block then 
> entire session.
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