[Bug 1070377] [NEW] Empathy change to Online Accounts no longer supports SIPE

[SeanK]

Public bug reported:

Many of us use SIPE as way a way to use Microsoft Communicator/Lync in
order to IM with workplaces.   Empathy used to allow for SIPE
connections through the pidgin-sipe package but since I switched to
12.10 and "online accounts" functionality, I can no longer find a way to
do so.

While I can still use SIPE in pidgin, pidgin no longer integrates into
the Unity notification system.

In either case, it means that I no longer get notifications when people
at work IM me.  As such, the new version of Ubuntu has greatly
diminished my ability to use Linux at my workplace.

A way to use SIPE (or any previously supported account type not
supported by Online Accounts) in Empathy -- even if it requires a non--
pretty command line/config change -- would be very welcome.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: empathy 3.6.0.3-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 23 07:18:15 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20120926)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: empathy
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: empathy (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity

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  Empathy change to Online Accounts no longer supports SIPE

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