Comment 4 for bug 263293

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StoatWblr (stoatwblr) wrote : Re: [Bug 263293] Re: Intrepid: Pidgin can't connect to MSN - lack of TLS

Stefan Lesicnik wrote:
> Hi Alan,
>
> Thanks for the reply. My advanced connections was turned off, and I
> turned it on and reconnected and was able to have MSN conversations
> without an issue. (I am also running 2.5.1 though). I am not sure what
> you mean by it tends to be unreliable?
>

If you're behind an ISP who proxy everything then using the http mode
results in periods fo 5-10 minutes at a time where attempting to send
anything results in a connection error.

> Perhaps you would like to try 2.5.1 from my PPA and see if the error
> still persists?
>
I'll give it a try. Have you compiled with TLS enabled?