Re: MSN Messenger clones keep failing

James Miller (office)
2003-11-04T08:23:57Z

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Amin wrote:
>
> Recently I got my internet connection up at home again and
> downloaded the latest versions of Alvaro's MSN Messenger for
> Linux and Ayttm for Linux. These are clones meant to get me
> into MSN Messenger chat. But they keep failing, saying my
> username and/or password are incorrect.
>
> I can easily sign in with MSN Messenger 6 on the same
> machine---I dual boot with Win98---but I'd much rather use
> Linux :-)
>
> Does anybody have any experience with this? And can anyone
> lend a hand? Thanks.
>
Well, I don't have direct experience with any of those clients, nor with
trying to chat on MSN from Linux. But I do read some computer news, and
have seen articles recently (within the last month?) that talk about an
impending M$ plan to cut off their network from other chat clients. I
understood that this was to apply to all non-M$ clients as well as to
earlier versions of M$'s client as well. Maybe this explains the trouble
you're having?

James