On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Andreas Berglund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: >> >> Andreas Berglund wrote: >>> >>> I just added a friend of mine on msn. I can see her and I can send >>> messages to her but when I'm online it looks to her like I'm offline >>> and none of her messages reach me. She tried to send an invitation to >>> me several times but none of them reached me. I have no idea where to >>> even begin looking so any help would be very much appreciated. >>> The client I'm using is kopete 0.12.3, I don't know what client my >>> friend uses but if you need to know I can ask her and I'd be happy to >>> provide any other information that might be relevant. >> >> MSN was obsoleted years ago when XMPP became the standard for IM. Have >> you considered joining us in this millennium and dropping the >> proprietary IM systems entirely? > > > Actually I haven't considered that ;-), at least not yet. I'm not a frequent > user of IM so I have not kept up with developments in the field for a long > time. Would that allow me to keep in touch with people on MSN cause there's > no way I'm gonna be able to get my friend to switch?
XMPP has server-side transports that act as gateways to MSN, AIM, etc. These work for basic messaging, but I suspect you will be out of luck if you like to use voice or video. I don't know if other things like "x is typing" messages, current music, etc are supported on transports. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]