Ubuntu (Gutsy) + Pidgin + Links = "Denied"

[Michael Torrie]

Lonnie Olson wrote:
> This problem sounds like you have a company firewall that is rewriting
> the messages.  
> 
> I am "this close" (shows very small space between fingers) to
> implementing this kind of link blocking via IM for my company.  Over the
> past few months, there have been many viruses spreading via links in IM
> messages.  

I concur with Lonnie's assessment.  However this begs a question.
Jacob, you *do* use the de-facto standard, "off-the-record" encryption
plugin in pidgin as a matter of course, right?