Legality of .NET Messenger (MSN Messenger) with Pidgin/GAIM

I've been using GAIM to access .NET Messenger from Linux, but have just upgraded my Windows partition to XP. When I tried to log in to MSN Messenger, it said there was a mandatory upgrade, which I downloaded. I am one of those people who actually reads small print, so I read the licence terms

Re: Legality of .NET Messenger (MSN Messenger) with Pidgin/GAIM

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:26:38 +0100 David Woolley wrote: > Is there any news on this restriction? Yes. MS wants you to use their software only, both to kill off the competition and to allow you to be advertised at until you expire. Pidgin has been created by reverse-engineering the protocols use

Re: Legality of .NET Messenger (MSN Messenger) with Pidgin/GAIM

Hello David, Am 2009-06-28 09:26:38, schrieb David Woolley: > I've been using GAIM to access .NET Messenger from Linux, but have just > upgraded my Windows partition to XP. When I tried to log in to MSN > Messenger, it said there was a mandatory upgrade, which I downloaded. > > I am one of tho

Malwarebytes found items in the program folder

Hi, Malwarebytes anti malware updated to latest version, then ran a quick scan, and found the following: C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\timestamp.dll - Trojan dropper. Picture attached. I told Malwarebytes to ignore. -- Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/RobNance Or on Facebook -

Myspace doesn't receive messages

I can connect to myspace, see people login and logoff, and i can send people messages and they receive them on the built in IM bar at the bottom of the page. But when they send me a reply i never receive it in pidgin. If i log into the bar on myspace's website i get the messages. But never thro

Pidgin 2.5.8 released

Hi, everyone. We have pushed source and Windows binaries for Pidgin 2.5.8. They should be available now. Here is the ChangeLog as requested previously: ICQ: * Fix misparsing a web message as an SMS message. (Yuriy Kaminskiy) MSN: * Increase NS command history size to prevent cr

Re: Myspace doesn't receive messages

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Joel wrote: > I can connect to myspace, see people login and logoff, and i can send people > messages and they receive them on the built in IM bar at the bottom of the > page. But when they send me a reply i never receive it in pidgin. If i log > into the bar on mys

Bugs report

Hi, I am a chinese user, i set font will lead app crashed: In talk window,字体(Font)->字体(Font) And it's hard to send image in talk window. -- Thanks, Fan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/ma

Moving Buddies from one group to other

Hi, The help page for Pidgin says that : How can I move buddies/chats into another group? Select the buddy/chat you want to move in the buddylist. Press 't' to tag the buddy/chat. You can tag more than one buddy/chat at the same time if you want. Select the buddy/group you want to mo

Re: Moving Buddies from one group to other

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 10:34 PM, anand arun wrote: > The help page for Pidgin says that : > > How can I move buddies/chats into another group? > > Select the buddy/chat you want to move in the buddylist. > Press 't' to tag the buddy/chat. You can tag more than one buddy/chat at the > same time if

Re: Moving Buddies from one group to other

Hi Mark, Leaving out de...@pidgin.im from the mail chain. I have already tried the method you suggested and mentioned the problem with that in previous mail. The buddy moves back to the original group after logging in and logging out. I checked with some of my colleagues and they are also havi

Re: Moving Buddies from one group to other

Which protocol is this, is it xmpp (or gtalk) ? I think I have seen this behavior before. On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:35 AM, anand arun wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Leaving out de...@pidgin.im from the mail chain. I have already tried the > method > you suggested and mentioned the problem with that i

Re: Moving Buddies from one group to other

Hi Sulabh, Its XMPP. Please suggest if there is a solution to this. Thanks, Anand. On 6/29/2009 11:40 AM, Sulabh Mahajan wrote: Which protocol is this, is it xmpp (or gtalk) ? I think I have seen this behavior before. On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:35 AM, anand arun

Re: Moving Buddies from one group to other

anand arun wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Leaving out de...@pidgin.im from the mail chain. I have already tried the > method > you suggested and mentioned the problem with that in previous mail. The buddy > moves back to the original group after logging in and logging out. I checked > with > some of my c

Re: Moving Buddies from one group to other

Hi Kevin, Just sent a reply to Sulabh on this question. The protocol is XMPP. Please suggest. Thanks, Anand. On 6/29/2009 11:42 AM, Kevin Stange wrote: anand arun wrote: Hi Mark, Leaving out de...@pidgin.im from the mail chain. I have already tried the method you suggested and mentioned

Re: Moving Buddies from one group to other

And anand arun spoke on 06/28/2009 11:13 PM, saying: > Hi Sulabh, > > Its XMPP. Please suggest if there is a solution to this. > > Thanks, > Anand. > Based on my understanding (from discussions with previous Oracle employees who've had this question), the issue is that the groups are enforced