Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.4.3)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

If one's buddy list contains an SN that isn't on the server-side list, that SN will forever appear offline; this is very dangerous behavior. For example, imagine if this happened to the SN of your girlfriend/boyfriend; then you might be tricked into thinking they were never online anymore, all because Kopete doesn't give you the proper warning message (that a buddy on your buddy list is no longer on the AIM server-side buddy list).

Solution:
On startup, grab the entire buddy list/group structure from the AIM servers and compare it with the local Kopete buddy list. If a buddy on the local list is not on the server list, then prompt the user to add the SN to the server-side list (or else abort and go offline). If a buddy on the server list is not on the local list, prompt the user to add the SN to the local list (or else abort and go offline). This also should be streamlined with a "yes to all" option incase this is the first time the user uses Kopete. Sanity checks should also be made for groups.