Pidgin : Unable to retrieve MSN address list

From this morning pidgin wasn’t able to connect to the microsoft servers to get the contact list. A quick lookup gave me plenty of results. The fix is real easy.

First, close pidgin. Make sure it is closed by checking your system tray (or whatever that is called in gnome).
Then install msn-pecan

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sudo apt-get install msn-pecan

Now boot up pidgin again, and change your account from MSN to WLM. Now reactivate your account and your buddy list should load fine.