Same problem here, with an account at jabber.fr, impossible to connect since the update to stretch. Worked fine before, works fine on other computers.
Attached is a screenshot of the error. Also if I start kopete in the console I get this output: QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave. QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave. kopete(13034)/kdecore (KLibrary) kde4Factory: The library "/usr/lib/kde4/kopete_history.so" does not offer a qt_plugin_instance function. kopete(13034)/libkopete Kopete::PluginManager::loadPluginInternal: Unable to find a plugin named ' "" '! Unknown signature value: 795 Unknown signature value: 795 Unknown signature value: 795 Unknown signature value: 795 Unknown signature value: 795 Unknown signature value: 795 Unknown signature value: 7 Unknown signature value: 795 Unknown signature value: 795 Unknown signature value: 794 Unknown signature value: 795 Unknown signature value: 795 Unknown signature value: 795 Unknown signature value: 794 Unknown signature value: 795 unexpected version response