diff -ur empathy-2.32.0.1/src/empathy-import-pidgin.c empathy-2.32.0.1.patched//src/empathy-import-pidgin.c
--- empathy-2.32.0.1/src/empathy-import-pidgin.c	2010-10-04 13:19:27.000000000 +0400
+++ empathy-2.32.0.1.patched//src/empathy-import-pidgin.c	2010-10-11 16:16:56.000000000 +0400
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@
 #define PIDGIN_ACCOUNT_TAG_PROTOCOL "protocol"
 #define PIDGIN_ACCOUNT_TAG_PASSWORD "password"
 #define PIDGIN_ACCOUNT_TAG_SETTINGS "settings"
+#define PIDGIN_SETTING_PROP_UI "ui"
+#define PIDGIN_SETTING_PROP_NAME "name"
 #define PIDGIN_SETTING_PROP_TYPE "type"
 #define PIDGIN_PROTOCOL_BONJOUR "bonjour"
 #define PIDGIN_PROTOCOL_NOVELL "novell"
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@
 
   /* We can't do anything if the setting don't have a name */
   tag_name = (gchar *) xmlGetProp (setting,
-      (xmlChar *) PIDGIN_ACCOUNT_TAG_NAME);
+      (xmlChar *) PIDGIN_SETTING_PROP_NAME);
   if (!tag_name)
     return;
 
@@ -183,10 +185,54 @@
   g_free (content);
 }
 
+static void
+import_dialog_pidgin_handle_settings (EmpathyImportAccountData *data,
+                                      xmlNodePtr settings)
+{
+  xmlNodePtr setting;
+  gchar *tag_ui, *name, *type, *content;
+
+  tag_ui = (gchar *) xmlGetProp (settings, (xmlChar *) PIDGIN_SETTING_PROP_UI);
+
+  /* UI settings - fetch the Enabled parameter.
+   * The expected value of the ui property is 'gtk-gaim', which looks obsolete,
+   * but still valid for 2.7.3.
+   */
+  if (tag_ui && !tp_strdiff (tag_ui, "gtk-gaim"))
+    {
+      for (setting = settings->children; setting; setting = setting->next)
+        {
+          name = (gchar *) xmlGetProp (setting,
+              (xmlChar *) PIDGIN_SETTING_PROP_NAME);
+          type = (gchar *) xmlGetProp (setting,
+              (xmlChar *) PIDGIN_SETTING_PROP_TYPE);
+          /* The Enabled parameter is supposed to be boolean.
+           * Pidgin name of the setting is 'auto-login'. 
+           */
+          if (!tp_strdiff (name, "auto-login") && !tp_strdiff (type, "bool"))
+            {
+              content = (gchar *) xmlNodeGetContent (setting);
+              data->enabled = (0 != (gint) g_ascii_strtod (content, NULL));
+              g_free (content);
+            }
+          g_free (type);
+          g_free (name);
+        }
+    }
+  /* General settings. */
+  else
+    {
+      for (setting = settings->children; setting; setting = setting->next)
+        import_dialog_pidgin_parse_setting (data, setting);
+    }
+
+  g_free (tag_ui);
+}
+
 GList *
 empathy_import_pidgin_load (void)
 {
-  xmlNodePtr rootnode, node, child, setting;
+  xmlNodePtr rootnode, node, child;
   xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt;
   xmlDocPtr doc;
   gchar *filename;
@@ -310,8 +356,7 @@
           /* Other settings */
           else if (!tp_strdiff ((gchar *) child->name,
               PIDGIN_ACCOUNT_TAG_SETTINGS))
-              for (setting = child->children; setting; setting = setting->next)
-                import_dialog_pidgin_parse_setting (data, setting);
+            import_dialog_pidgin_handle_settings (data, child);
         }
 
       /* If we have the needed settings, add the account data to the list,
diff -ur empathy-2.32.0.1/src/empathy-import-utils.c empathy-2.32.0.1.patched//src/empathy-import-utils.c
--- empathy-2.32.0.1/src/empathy-import-utils.c	2010-04-15 11:50:42.000000000 +0400
+++ empathy-2.32.0.1.patched//src/empathy-import-utils.c	2010-10-11 15:44:03.000000000 +0400
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
   data->source = g_strdup (source);
   data->protocol = NULL;
   data->connection_manager = NULL;
+  data->enabled = FALSE;
 
   return data;
 }
diff -ur empathy-2.32.0.1/src/empathy-import-utils.h empathy-2.32.0.1.patched//src/empathy-import-utils.h
--- empathy-2.32.0.1/src/empathy-import-utils.h	2010-04-15 11:50:42.000000000 +0400
+++ empathy-2.32.0.1.patched//src/empathy-import-utils.h	2010-10-11 15:44:03.000000000 +0400
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
   gchar *connection_manager;
   /* The name of the account import source */
   gchar *source;
+  /* Indicates whether the account is enabled by default */
+  gboolean enabled;
 } EmpathyImportAccountData;
 
 typedef enum {
diff -ur empathy-2.32.0.1/src/empathy-import-widget.c empathy-2.32.0.1.patched//src/empathy-import-widget.c
--- empathy-2.32.0.1/src/empathy-import-widget.c	2010-10-04 13:19:27.000000000 +0400
+++ empathy-2.32.0.1.patched//src/empathy-import-widget.c	2010-10-11 15:44:03.000000000 +0400
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
   GAsyncResult *result,
   gpointer user_data)
 {
+  TpAccountManager *account_manager;
   TpAccount *account;
   GError *error = NULL;
   EmpathyImportWidget *self = user_data;
@@ -184,6 +185,13 @@
 
   DEBUG ("account created\n");
 
+  if (tp_account_is_enabled (account))
+    {
+      account_manager = tp_account_manager_dup ();
+      empathy_connect_new_account (account, account_manager);
+      g_object_unref (account_manager);
+    }
+
   g_object_unref (self);
 }
 
@@ -208,7 +216,8 @@
 
   DEBUG ("display name: %s\n", display_name);
 
-  properties = g_hash_table_new (NULL, NULL);
+  properties = tp_asv_new (NULL, NULL);
+  tp_asv_set_boolean (properties, TP_IFACE_ACCOUNT ".Enabled", data->enabled);
 
   tp_account_manager_create_account_async (account_manager,
       (const gchar*) data->connection_manager, data->protocol, display_name,
