On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 04:51:16AM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > Having installed Debian on a mate's PC, his kids are complaining > because they can't get onto MSN Messenger... <SNIP> > Anybody got any ideas what's going on here / what to check?
Microsoft changed the protocol on Oct 15th I think it was, to something not backwards-compatible. They're also being deliberately restrictive (even for MS) with third-party clients, apparently so they can force users to agree to an EULA for the network itself... or something. So you need a client version that's come out in the last two weeks. I found this: http://amsn.sourceforge.net/ which is rumoured to have an interface much like MS' own client. I can't vouch for it myself, though, never having used MSN. Cheers! -- ,--------------------------------------------------------------------------------. > -ScruLoose- | There are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters,< > Please do not | and Usenet is NOTHING like Shakespeare. < > reply off-list. | - Blair Houghton < `--------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
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