Previously, this would blindly continue to attempt to connect, and
that's a lot of extra load as in the recent case of the ApplicationId
being disabled on the MSN servers.
#!/usr/bin/env python
# This is a simple purple notification server.
# It shows notifications when your buddy signs on or you get an IM message.
#
# This script requires Python 2.4 and PyGTK bindings
#
# Note that all function names are resolved dynamically, no