Re: MSN Messenger clones keep failing

[Amin <amin@siriusbb.com>]

James Miller (office) wrote:
> 
> 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

This seems likely.  The latest version of one of the clones 
I use tells me that MSN Messenger is using a new protocol 
and new security, something about SSL, and would I like to 
download a small patch to handle this?  I said yes, and got 
the patch ... but even that seems to be a little behind the 
curve.  Well then it's back to good ol' Yahoo Messenger for me.

Thanks,
Yawar Amin

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