[Telepathy] Using SIP with Empathy on Ubuntu 8.10

[John Pye]

Hi all

I am looking for some instructions on how to get Empathy working with
SIP (specifically an Ekiga.net account) on my recently updated Ubuntu
system.

When I create an Ekiga account from within Empathy, I get the rather
unhelpful message "Network Error", and no information about what is
wrong or how I can fix it. The username and password are correct, so I
can't see what else to do. Any suggestions?

Cheers
JP