On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Pigeon wrote:
> Having installed Debian on a mate's PC, his kids are complaining > because they can't get onto MSN Messenger... > > The kids have given me a username eg. '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' and a > password to go with it (an English word). I've tried these in gaim, > kmerlin and everybuddy; none of them can connect and it doesn't look > like it's because they've given me an invalid username/password. gaim > (v0.58) is the least informative; when I try to connect, it responds > very quickly with a dialog saying > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] has been signed off: Disconnected. > <snip> > Anybody got any ideas what's going on here / what to check? > > Also, anyone know how you obtain the username and password which these > clients require to connect? I'm not 100% sure about the one the kids > have given me; it does seem to be valid for logging in to hotmail but > does that automatically make it valid for an MSN Messenger client? > > (I'm somewhat hampered by the fact that I hardly know what MSN > Messenger *is* apart from being something I find totally > uninteresting! :-) so have never bothered to try and get a Linux > client going for it myself... no experience whatsoever!) > > -- > Pigeon Coo,Coo Pigeon, aim,msn mess., yahoo, are all 'chat' programs. kinda like irc which has fallen out of favor with a certain demographic. Many linux clients can support talking accross chat client protocols like gaim and everybuddy. I recall MSN saying 'due to security' they were considering only allowing 'real' MSN clients use MSN. Dont know it this is it, as I dont use it. -Kev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]