[OTR-users] Failure to initiate private conversation

[Paul Gouin]

Never mind, problem solved.

Just for testing, I set up a second Jabber account on my own machine, and
tried private messaging between both. That worked, and then a message
popped up on my colleague's screen asking him to authenticate my passed
attempts.

Not sure why or how things clicked into place just then.

Anyhow, nice to have some privacy. Thanks again to the developers.

Paulo

2015-03-17 15:44 GMT+01:00 Paul Gouin <paul.gouin50 at gmail.com>:

> ​Hi all,
>
> Thanks to all those who contribute to this project.
>
> I've been trying to set up pidgin-otr at work for communication with a
> colleague on another site. My colleague runs ubuntu 14.04, I run xubuntu
> (same version). We followed the tutorial provided at
> https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/pidgin/windows
>
> When either of us attempts to start a private conversation, pidgin
> displays a message saying "Attempting to start a private conversation with
> [identifier]...", but nothing
> ​ further seems to
> ​ happens.
>
> I do, however, have the same XMPP account configured on a mobile device.
> After I attempt to go private, I receive an answer on that device from my
> colleague's machine, consisting of a very long string starting with ?OTR:
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction? Warning: I am something of
> newbie, be prepared to exercise patience.
>
> Best,
>
> Paulo
>
>
>
>
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