MSN Buddy List Disappeared After Pidgin Closed

[a t]

Binary package hint: pidgin

been using pidgin to chat for a while on linux ubuntu based netbook, via msn, which i use on my windows pc.
I was chatting on pidginmessenger 2 nights ago as normal, and signed out as normal. Next day all the buddies had disappeared from my buddy list. Where have they gone, why, & how do i get them back?

i have no access to my windows m/c atm and haven't used it for weeks

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Apr 6 19:27:45 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
Package: pidgin 1:2.6.2-1ubuntu7.2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: pidgin
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686

[Kevin Barresi (kbarresi)]

Hello a t,

Thank you for taking the time to submit a bug. I have a few questions regarding your problem. If you log into your MSN account using another client, it the buddy list still gone? If so, this may not be a Pidgin problem, and rather an MSN problem. Thanks

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!