[OTR-users] Initiating OTR from an irssi client to pidgin

[cognitive.libertarian+ml at gmail.com]

When an irssi client initiates OTR (user issues the /otr auth
command), pidgin doesn't engage.  The irssi user sees "OTR: Initiated
authentication...", but the pidgin user sees no indication of an
attempt to establish an OTR session.

If a Pidgin user initiates OTR, then it works.

Anyone know what the issue might be?