I've just installed gaim 0.71 on my newly installed rh9 system. I'm trying to sign in to my msn account, but I get the error message:

Connection Error. myname @hotmail.com has been signed off: disconnected.

I'm using AIM / ICQ with auth host = messenger.hotmail.com; 207.46.106.188
auth port = 1863

I don't know if this is correct - I found it in the windows registry at

HkeyLocalUsr/software/microsoft/messenger or (somewhere like that - possibly /msn6 at end)

There is a similar post in the archive:

linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/2/2003/06/2/64470

but that doesn't seem to be of any use to me.

Please help! Thanks, reetep.

You're out of luck (for now).

Microsoft have, in their infinite wisdom, decided to block third party clients from using their servers. This decision kicked in today. I would keep an eye on the Gaim homepage to see if and when they release a new plugin to take care of this.

Dave

I was talking with a friend now thru gaim, but for Windows (yeah, school work). They said the protocols should be changed at 15th October, but today, 16th, it's still working for me

Even when they do change.. just give it a little time and they'll find a workaround for it, sooner or later. M$ has done this in the past before.

There's been a few posts about MSN on LQ, and they're all saying that Gaim installations that were working a day ago have now failed.

Weird that you can still get in through Windows. Maybe Gaim uses a dll from the MS Messenger installation? Who knows.......

Dave

Sincere apologies.

I've just downloaded Gaim 0.71, and it works with MSN. They must have worked something out with MS after all. Cool.

Dave

It could be that too. MSN messenger is a very very important program for WinXP. That thing is like stuck into the system

Thanks for helping everyone. That stuff about blocking third party clients is new to me. I'll keep trying from time to time and look i'll keep my eye out for a plugin.

reetep

The latest version seems to be able to log in just fine. (And its interface is a whole lot nicer too). I'm IM'ing on MSN with Gaim 0.71 with no problems at all.

Dave

You may want to check that GAIM is using the newest version.
try this --> gaim --version

Thanks for the suggestion Blinker_Fluid, what does

--> gaim --version

mean? How do i do that? I'm sure i do have the latest version though - i downloaded 0.71



For people having the same problem: I've now installed amsn, which works fine.

Just a shame that gaim doesn't work; I've heard great things about it. I think I'll still keep that eye out for a plugin.

reetep