[OTR-users] Dropped large messages with Pidgin 2.5.5, OTR plugin, and Yahoo

[Ian Goldberg]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 10:42:30AM -0500, Doug Breaux wrote:
> FYI, Still happening in Pidgin 2.6.2, still only with Yahoo and OTR.
> I've got a repeatable testcase now (first 2 paragraphs from the Pidgin
> Wikipedia article), so I'm able to try some things.
> 
> I created the otr.max_message_size file with a value of 750 for
> prpl-yahoo in C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\.purple
> (with a tab between the values), restarted Pidgin, and it still failed.
> Should I keep trying smaller? I also happen to have the debug version of
> Pidgin installed right now due to another problem, if that helps.
> 
> Note that on some send attempts, which I haven't yet seen a pattern for,
> I receive an error message, "(10:32:07 AM) *Unable to send message: The
> message is too large.*"  But subsequent attempts report no error at all,
> they just don't deliver it.

Yes, try smaller values, if you don't mind.

Thanks,

   - Ian