[OTR-users] OTR and GTalk

Marti Raudsepp marti at juffo.org
Tue Nov 3 21:09:50 EST 2009


On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Chris Garriss <chris_garriss at unc.edu> wrote:
> My brother in Canada (Quebec) also using XP SP3, fully patched, is also
> having the problem, as is my sister in MD (USA).  Same issue with a few
> other people I use Google with via Pidgin, plus they are having problems
> with other people.  If we switch over to Yahoo (via Pidgin), no problems at
> all.

I suspect this happens because OTR does not cooperate with Google Talk
multiple logins.

To reproduce, try connecting to Google Talk with 2 separate sessions,
and use OTR on both. Then ask someone else with OTR to contact you.
Sparks will fly.

Regards,
Marti



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