Not showing up as online on MSN

[JG]

On opening empathy the MSN account isn't signed in. I have to go to accounts, disable the account and then reenable it for it to log me in. Then it only shows me as online to my MSN contacts for a second before showing me as offline. empathy shows me as available but my contacts don't see that.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: empathy 3.2.0.1-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 6 08:16:04 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/empathy/empathy-chat
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: empathy
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Phil. V (philip.v)]

Thanks for your bug report. I'm going to mark this as a duplicate of bug 887380 as it describes what appears to be the same problem. If you feel you have anything to add to that report to make it more complete please do so.