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Ed Fisher: It seems the certificate that Microsoft uses to secure access to your buddy list was updated with a new wildcard certificate

Instructions adapted for Ubuntu/Firefox:

• Visit https://omega.contacts.msn.com/, and see Directory Listing Denied.
• Click on msn.com in the navigation bar => More Information => View Certificate => Details => Export.
• Name the file omega.contacts.msn.com.  Note what folder the file will be placed in.  Click save.
• Move the file produced to to .purple/certificates/x509/tls_peers/

You don’t even need to restart pidgin.