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? -- Regards, Mick
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