diff -r d67d35d983a8 -r 162a02f2ac9d src/protocols/yahoo/yahoo.c
--- a/src/protocols/yahoo/yahoo.c	Thu Aug 26 22:28:14 2004 +0000
+++ b/src/protocols/yahoo/yahoo.c	Thu Aug 26 22:31:30 2004 +0000
@@ -375,8 +375,10 @@
 			name = pair->value;
 			if (name && g_utf8_validate(name, -1, NULL))
 				f = yahoo_friend_find_or_new(gc, name);
-			else
-				f = name = NULL;
+			else {
+				f = NULL;
+				name = NULL;
+			}
 			break;
 		case 10: /* state */
 			if (!f)
@@ -1661,6 +1663,7 @@
 	yahoo_packet_hash(pack, 6, resp_6);
 	yahoo_packet_hash(pack, 96, resp_96);
 	yahoo_packet_hash(pack, 1, name);
+	yahoo_packet_hash(pack, 135, "6,0,0,1710");
 	if (yd->picture_checksum) {
 		char *cksum = g_strdup_printf("%d", yd->picture_checksum);
 		yahoo_packet_hash(pack, 192, cksum);