I re-compiled v0.12 from source and was still getting this problem. I think it is an interaction between our company firewall and Kopete. The firewall doesn't seem to affect any other clients, like Gaim, Trillian or Microsoft's client though.
-- Kopete connection keeps getting closed talking to MSN official client https://launchpad.net/bugs/53336 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs