[OTR-users] Auto initiate of private messaging fails

[Ian Goldberg]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 02:26:13PM -0700, Kirk Jacobs wrote:
> With one particular contact, OTR will not
> auto-initiate a private conversation after the first
> message is typed (by either party).  With every other
> contact (that uses OTR) the session auto initiates as
> expected.  The contact in question experiences the
> same issue when trying to start a conversation with
> me.
> 
> If either of us manually initiate OTR it works fine. 
> I've also verified both instances are set to auto
> initiate private messaging in the plugin
> configuration.
> 
> Has anyone ever had any issues like this, or have any
> ideas how to proceed?  It just seems odd that this
> only happens with one person...

You can set this on a per-buddy basis.  Check (right-click the buddy in
the buddy list and choose "OTR Settings") the setting on both sides?

   - Ian