[gentoo-user] kopete and msn contacts

[gentoo-user] kopete and msn contacts

[b.n.]

Hi,

I switched from aMSN to Kopete to have a decent msn client that also
works with gtalk.

Unfortunately I found that kopete has some kind of bug with MSN
contacts. It's apparently impossible to *add* a new contact (if I try,
it says nothing just like it's working, but the contact is not added
-not in kopete, and not in other clients), and most importantly it does
not *delete* contacts. Worst of it all, if I delete contacts in another
client, say, aMSN, next time I launch Kopete:
- the contact reappear in the Kopete list
- if I then close Kopete and open aMSN, the contact I deleted *are
indeed added again* to my MSN account!

I would prefer to avoid Gaim/Pidgin if possible.

Any idea?

Thanks,
m.
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Re: [gentoo-user] kopete and msn contacts

[Paul Sobey]

b.n. wrote:
> I switched from aMSN to Kopete to have a decent msn client that also
> works with gtalk.
> 
> Unfortunately I found that kopete has some kind of bug with MSN
> contacts. It's apparently impossible to *add* a new contact (if I try,
> it says nothing just like it's working, but the contact is not added
> -not in kopete, and not in other clients), and most importantly it does
> not *delete* contacts. Worst of it all, if I delete contacts in another
> client, say, aMSN, next time I launch Kopete:
> - the contact reappear in the Kopete list
> - if I then close Kopete and open aMSN, the contact I deleted *are
> indeed added again* to my MSN account!
> 
> I would prefer to avoid Gaim/Pidgin if possible.

Kopete has always done this for me, it's incredibly annoying. If you
find a solution please post back here! Since you stipulated GTalk, my
only recommendation other than Kopete would be Pidgin. If you want an
MSN-only client at some point you might try Mercury Messenger (Java
based, very full support, including webcam), or the excellent KMess
(relatively young, no webcam or other tricks but light, fast and nicely
integrated into KDE). I've recently discovered the latter and it's now
my MSN program of choice.

Cheers,
Paul
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Re: [gentoo-user] kopete and msn contacts

[Mick]

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On Thursday 13 March 2008, Paul Sobey wrote:
> b.n. wrote:
> > I switched from aMSN to Kopete to have a decent msn client that also
> > works with gtalk.
> >
> > Unfortunately I found that kopete has some kind of bug with MSN
> > contacts. It's apparently impossible to *add* a new contact (if I try,
> > it says nothing just like it's working, but the contact is not added
> > -not in kopete, and not in other clients), and most importantly it does
> > not *delete* contacts. Worst of it all, if I delete contacts in another
> > client, say, aMSN, next time I launch Kopete:
> > - the contact reappear in the Kopete list
> > - if I then close Kopete and open aMSN, the contact I deleted *are
> > indeed added again* to my MSN account!
> >
> > I would prefer to avoid Gaim/Pidgin if possible.
>
> Kopete has always done this for me, it's incredibly annoying. If you
> find a solution please post back here! Since you stipulated GTalk, my
> only recommendation other than Kopete would be Pidgin. If you want an
> MSN-only client at some point you might try Mercury Messenger (Java
> based, very full support, including webcam), or the excellent KMess
> (relatively young, no webcam or other tricks but light, fast and nicely
> integrated into KDE). I've recently discovered the latter and it's now
> my MSN program of choice.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul

I don't really have a solution, just a kludge.  If you feel inclined to 
delete/add contacts you may wish to dive into 
~/.kde3.5/share/apps/kopete/contactlist.xml

An xml or text editor should make it easy to edit the contents.

If no bug has been raised for this, you may want to oblige?
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Regards,
Mick

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