what exactly does this mean? when i add the protocol to the list of plugins, and close kopete, then re-open the the protocol is taken off the list again! :-( i checked to see if for some odd reason there was a permissions issue creating the config files, but alas, this is not the case. any suggestions as to how i can get kopete to allow me to add an account? thanks ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.