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I had installed pidgin internet messenger months ago and used it quite successfully - then i stopped using it for a while and now one of the accounts (i have one hotmail and one live) can't get re-enabled and the other one connects only for a few minutes and then disconnects
could it have anything to do with the fact that those accounts are being used for the email service?? and how can i fix it anyways??
and the only reason i use the pidgin messenger is because even though i installed the pidgin protocols plugin thing - my hotmail account still won't sign in...
so if anyone knows how to either fix the pidgin or use msn the normal way - or even any other application - i would appreciate the help!
i did lots of google search with no succes