Pidgin MSN certificate problem (certificate error for omega​.con

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I am sure there are several people having this problem with pidgin not being able to connect to MSN.

I have seen many solutions but I think this one is by far the easiest one to use.

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/fix-pidgin-msn-omegacontactsmsncom.html#more

1. Download this omega.contacts.msn.com certificate

http://webupd8.googlecode.com/files/omega.contacts.msn.com

2. In Pidgin, go to Tools > Certificates and remove the existing "omega.contacts.msn.com" certificate. Then select "Add" and add the certificate downloaded under step 1 and when prompted to enter the hostname, enter: "omega.contacts.msn.com":

Now click OK and that's it!

Here are some other solutions that I didn't think were as easy to use.

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-ssl-certificate-problem-in-pidgin-and-msn.html

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+question/134576