[OTR-users] Avoiding OTR Error Messages in Second Life

[Ian Goldberg]

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 07:11:50PM +0100, Roy McCoy wrote:
> This is probably a common question here and I apologize for not first  
> looking for an answer elsewhere, for example in the message archive here 
> if there is one (the welcome message doesn't mention it); but the Second 
> Life (SL) "What is OTR? menu item sent me to the OTR page at  
> cypherpunks.ca and it referred me here, so here goes.
>
> I've been getting incomprehensible-to-me messages in IM windows in SL:  
> "OTR Error: You sent encrypted data to [name of recipient], who wasn't  
> expecting it", "NOT encrypted:", maybe one or two others. These are  
> generally littering my IM windows, I'd like to get rid of them, and they 
> may be indicating some real problem as well. Specifically, somebody just 
> told me today he couldn't IM me, while the only thing I think I changed 
> regarding him was to unclick the box to let someone see or not when 
> you're online. I didn't see what exactly the problem was, or what the 
> solution was, but it does now seem that the OTR messages have something 
> to do with my not letting people see when I'm online. Does anyone know of 
> a way to get around this, so that I can continue not to let people see 
> when I'm online, and still not get the cluttering alerts about OTR, 
> encryption, etc.?

Those messages should only happen when both sides support OTR (they're
both using Emerald Viewer), but they for some reason got out of sync.
The most common reason is that one side crashed and restarted, but even
then I'd think you'd see *one* of the above message, and then OTR would
start up, and all would be well.

Chris, the author of the GreenLife client, should pipe in now.  ;-)

Thanks,

   - Ian