Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:49:16 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pidgin 2.6.5 login QQ failed Message-ID: <4B5982AC.3020107@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20100121232616.GB6999@guilt.hydra> References: <4B56BE1F.4090800@gddsn.org.cn> <20100121232616.GB6999@guilt.hydra>
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