Comment 31 for bug 542836

The fix mentioned in comment #29 has been included in the latest GNOME development snapshot 2.31.3. From the release notes:

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 NEWS: empathy-2.31.3
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NEW in 2.31.3 (07/06/2010)
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The "Curtain required call" release.

This new release brings significant improvements to the spell checker.
It should also fix connection issues with Facebook accounts. If you
experienced issues with previous versions you should recreate your account and
give it another try.

Empathy now depends on telepathy-glib 0.11.6.

Bugs fixed:

- Fixed #619862, "Network error" on connecting to Facebook Chat (Guillaume Desmottes)