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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=20
delete/add contacts you may wish to dive into=20
~/.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?
=2D-=20
Regards,
Mick

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