Pidgin 2.3.1 - Multi Protocol IM Client

Pidgin 2.3.1 (Windows, Open Source, 11.81MB) [download via Filehippo] is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, GroupWise Messenger, and Zephyr networks.

Also available for Linux.

Changes:

• Fixed a number of MSN bugs introduced in 2.3.0, resolving problems
  connecting to MSN and random local display name changes
• Going idle on MySpaceIM will no longer clear your status and message.
• Idle MySpaceIM buddies should now appear online at login.
• Fixed crashes in XMPP when discovering a client's capabilities
• Don't set the current tune title if it's NULL (XMPP/Google Talk)
• Don't allow buddies to be manually added to Bonjour
• Don't advertise IPv6 on Bonjour because we don't support it
• Compile fixes for FreeBSD and Solaris
• Update QQ client version so some accounts can connect again
• Do not allow ISON requests to stack in IRC, preventing flooding IRC
  servers when temporary network outages are restored
• Plug several leaks in the perl plugin loader
• Prevent autoaccept plugin overwriting existing files

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