New Windows Live Messenger protocol breaks Adium and Pidgin

Bad news for us alternative IM client users - mess.be is reporting that the reason for the inability to sign into the Windows Live Messenger network is due to the recent upgrade to protocol version 15 (or MSNP15), which requires a new certificate for address book retrieval. The future plans of these open source solutions are unclear right now as to their plans to solve the problem, nor is it clear as to the severity of the issue, but for now, here is a list of solutions:

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