I've never tried, I was a hotmail user when they started the IM. Friends have let their MSN email accounts lapse but their IM signons still work. I know with Yahoo you can use your Groups ID, I don't have a yahoo email address with that account.
Janine Evan Platt wrote: > Hmmm.. News to me. Last I used MSN, you could only create / sign in > with a address on one of their domains - hotmail, msn, etc. > > Thanks for the info. > > At 05:15 PM 2/4/2009, you wrote: > >> That's actually not correct. With MSN, there is no restriction as to >> which domain you may use. Usernames can be any email address. In fact, >> none of mine are at Microsoft's domains. Evan Platt's information was >> completely inaccurate. >> >> What does have to be the case is that you have an MSN / Windows Live >> Messenger account of some kind with an email address and password, then >> you will need to add that account in Pidgin, and once connected, you >> will be able to add any person's email address if they have registered >> an MSN account with it. >> _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
