----- "Jeremy Chadwick" <outages@jdc.parodius.com> wrote:
Are we certain this isn't another case of the underlying protocol (in this case OSCAR) being changed or adjusted in some way?
It's entirely possible it could be that, especially since it only seemed to be happening to newly added contacts. To confuse things worse, that new contact J of mine, *while still showing up in Pidgin as unavailable*, did get through to me, and I could chat with her. Though I could not originate to her, and I think she still saw me as offline. I wouldn't object to switching to some other protocol/server, but I have Metcalfe's Law problems... Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 Start a man a fire, and he'll be warm all night. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.