Nice going Pidgin. Seriously, what the hell?

When I logged into my MSN profile from Pidgin, I got this:

Unable to validate certificate

Looked like an SSL error, which I confirmed with Goggles. I mean Googles. I mean Google.

Here’s how to fix it:
1. Open Pidgin. Go to Tools / Certificates and you should see omega.contacts.msn.com. Delete it.
2. Then go to https://omega.contacts.msn.com . You’ll get an error on the page, but don’t worry. Just double click on the certificate icon and export the file to your Desktop or wherever.
3. Then go back into Pidgin and go to Tools / Certificates and Add it via the Certificate Manager.

It should work now. Yay.

Anyway, it’s a known bug and you can find it here: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/12906