Message notification in Pidgin

Pidgin ships with a message notification plugin, but it is not enabled by default. To make the taskbar item flash when a new message comes in: 
 
 Go to Tools → Plugins and check “Message Notification”. 	 Select “Message Notification”. When the item is highlighed , click on “Configure Plugin” button 	 Under “Notify For”, check all three boxes: “IM windows”, “Chat windows” and “Focused windows”. Leave “Only when someone says your username” unchecked. 	 Also check “Flash window”. 	 Under “Notification Methods”, check “Flash window”. 	 Click on “Close” button.