I'm not sure whether this bug is related, but the result is the same inability to connect to msn.
Googling found this fix, which worked for me: http://askubuntu.com/questions/76948/problems-connecting-msn-with- empathy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/777503 Title: Can't connect with MSN contacts Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: empathy My Empathy doesn't allow access msn acounts. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: empathy 2.32.1-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.50-generic 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl Architecture: i386 Date: Wed May 4 20:54:40 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1) ProcEnviron: LANG=es_AR.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: empathy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/777503/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

