[Lucid, Maverick] unable to add MSN contacts with Pidgin: "e-mail address is not valid"

[Attila Hammer]

Binary package hint: pidgin

Dear Developers,

Some weeks (I think since two weeks) impossible to add MSN contacts with pidgin.
When I add new MSN partner e-mail address, presented the confirm request message and I clicking OK button, Pidgin says following message:
the e-mail adresses must a valid e-mail address.
Of course, the e-mail address is right.

I testing purpose created an another MSN account, and logged in. After this I tryed adding the new created account my existing already used MSN account e-mail address.

I attached next comment the debug log, a short part with this log file:
"(08:32:05) msn: <MD><E><I>0</I><IU>0</IU><O>0</O><OU>0</OU></E><Q><QTM>409600</QTM><QNM>204800</QNM></Q></MD>
(08:32:09) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory /home/hammera/.purple
(08:32:09) util: Writing file /home/hammera/.purple/accounts.xml
(08:32:23) util: Writing file blist.xml to directory /home/hammera/.purple
(08:32:23) util: Writing file /home/hammera/.purple/blist.xml
(08:32:26) msn: S: NS 000: NOT 599
(08:32:30) msn: Add user:<email address hidden> to group:Partnerek
(08:32:30) msn: C: NS 000: FQY 15 46
(08:32:30) msn: S: NS 000: FQY 15 53
(08:32:30) msn: Process FQY
(08:32:30) msn: FQY response says <email address hidden> is from network 0
(08:32:32) msn: S: NS 000: CHL 0 20641003143018424171313742054
(08:32:32) msn: C: NS 000: QRY 16 PROD0119GSJUC$18 32
(08:32:32) msn: S: NS 000: QRY 16
(08:32:36) util: Writing file blist.xml to directory /home/hammera/.purple
(08:32:36) util: Writing file /home/hammera/.purple/blist.xml
(08:32:43) account: Disconnecting account <email address hidden> (0x86ed850)
(08:32:43) connection: Disconnecting connection 0x89730e0
(08:32:43) connection: Deactivating keepalive.
(08:32:43) msn: C: NS 000: OUT
(08:32:43) msn: destroy the OIM 0x928f968
(08:32:43) msn: destroy httpconn (0x928f900)
(08:32:43) connection: Destroying connection 0x89730e0"
The e-mail addres is not putted with .purple/list.xml file the "partnerek" group.

I found following issue with Pidgin bug tracker:
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/13298

Lot of people see this issue with various Pidgin versions.

Reproducation steps:
1. If already have an MSN account, create an another account and login with new account.
2. Simple try adding your existing already used MSN account username with buddy list.

Attila

[Attila Hammer (hammera)]

I forgot wrote prewious comment:
I tested this problem with Ubuntu Lucid, and following factory packaged
Pidgin version:
1:2.6.6-1ubuntu5

Attila

[Marvin (marvin-nospam)]

The website of Pidgin states that this problem is solved in the latest version. So I suggest that the Ubuntu repository must be updated with version 2.7.11 of Pidgin.

[LeTic (letic)]

For one of our customers who's running on lucid I rebuilt the debian sid package for i386 and amd64 if you are interested :
deb http://nibbler.personalized-software.ie/debian lucid main

Key :
gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key 3CBD6F00D75033F6
gpg -a --export 3CBD6F00D75033F6 | apt-key add -

Hope this help
LeTic

[Dan Dart (dandart)]

Yup - bug still affects me. Hoping the fix releases in lucid soon! (that's the point of an LTS)

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/bc63343ea80150622360ff3bdbf293a8d12eb670 is what supposedly fixed it upstream. Will see about preparing debdiffs and maybe even a PPA upload. Feel free to contact me if you want to work on this as well.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

By the way, Dan, you are absolutely and terribly wrong with the comment about LTS. Feel free as well to contact me if you want to discuss this.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

the version in natty already has the patch. Closing natty and opening maverick and lucid tasks.

Anybody using an up-to-date natty that is still affected?

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

patch does not apply cleanly to maverick. 1 out of 3 hunks failed.