diff -rupN pidgin-2.6.3.orig/libpurple/protocols/msn/msn.c pidgin-2.6.3/libpurple/protocols/msn/msn.c
--- pidgin-2.6.3.orig/libpurple/protocols/msn/msn.c	2009-10-16 05:44:35.000000000 -0400
+++ pidgin-2.6.3/libpurple/protocols/msn/msn.c	2009-11-27 02:09:58.202886804 -0500
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ msn_act_id(PurpleConnection *gc, const c
 		alias = purple_url_encode(purple_account_get_username(account));
 	}
 
+	purple_account_set_string(account, "friendly_name", alias);
 	msn_cmdproc_send(cmdproc, "PRP", "MFN %s", alias);
 }
 
diff -rupN pidgin-2.6.3.orig/libpurple/protocols/msn/session.c pidgin-2.6.3/libpurple/protocols/msn/session.c
--- pidgin-2.6.3.orig/libpurple/protocols/msn/session.c	2009-10-16 05:44:35.000000000 -0400
+++ pidgin-2.6.3/libpurple/protocols/msn/session.c	2009-11-27 02:03:59.450880627 -0500
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ msn_session_finish_login(MsnSession *ses
 	PurpleAccount *account;
 	PurpleConnection *gc;
 	PurpleStoredImage *img;
+	const char *alias;
 
 	if (!session->logged_in) {
 		account = session->account;
@@ -446,6 +447,12 @@ msn_session_finish_login(MsnSession *ses
 
 		/* Sync users */
 		msn_session_sync_users(session);
+		
+	alias = purple_account_get_string(account, "friendly_name", NULL);
+            
+	    if (alias != NULL) {
+                msn_cmdproc_send(session->notification->cmdproc, "PRP", "MFN %s", alias);
+         }
 	}
 
 	msn_change_status(session);