[OTR-users] Pidgin Freezes when starting Private Conversation

[Michael Secord]

All,

I've done some searching and have yet to find an answer to this, so I 
figured I'd come to the source.

For as long as I can remember (at least back to Pidgin 2.7.0 and OTR 
3.0.0 (I believe) on both Windows XP home & Pro 32-bit as well as 
Windows 7 Ultimate & Professional 64-bit) when I startup a private 
conversation with a buddy (at least the first time after starting 
pidgin) the entire application locks up for 30s+ depending on the day 
and typically will cause the AIM account that I'm using OTR with to 
disconnect from the actual service. Once I reenable/login to that 
account and IM the buddy, the conversation will be private and function 
as expected.

I've gone so far as to clear out everything in Pidgin relating to OTR 
and updating the plugin and reconfiguring OTR with a user only to be 
thwarted by the same problem.

Any suggestions/thoughts on this?

Thanks!

-Michael