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07-29-2003, 11:08 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 132
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gaim
i accidentally tried to enter an invalid buddy name into my msn accoutn though gaim-0.64
every time it boots, gaim tries to add this buddy and gives me an error
the buddy doesnt show up
how do i fix this?
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07-30-2003, 12:05 AM
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Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Ontario, Canada
Distribution: Arch Linux
Posts: 533
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I had the same thing happen to me, try upgrading your version to the latest (0.66) that fixed mine.
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07-30-2003, 10:30 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 132
Original Poster
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nope the upgrade didnt help but thanks fer tellin me there was a new version 
as it turns out...
i added the buddy to my aim list, but under the msn protocol
i just had view the offline buddies and delete that sn |
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07-30-2003, 10:56 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Salt Lake City, UT and Spokane, WA
Distribution: Mandrake 10.0, Gentoo, FreeSBIE 1.0
Posts: 345
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You could delete all your user data and start over again. I believe the data is stored in /home/<user>/.gaim/ and /home/<user>/.gaimrc
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07-30-2003, 11:43 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 132
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yup the buddy list files in ~/.gaim/blist.xml
you could take the name out of there too
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07-30-2003, 11:48 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Salt Lake City, UT and Spokane, WA
Distribution: Mandrake 10.0, Gentoo, FreeSBIE 1.0
Posts: 345
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So you fixed it and it works now?
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