Has MSN started locking us out already?


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okay , I cant seem to connect with GAIM to MSN from inside university , I dont know whether this is due to MS locking gaim out of uni locking MSN out,

MSN was disabled on the windows machines but USED to work on the linux machines until last night, error I get it "protocol not supported"

anyone else had this problem?

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MSN working fine for me on GAIM 0.71... i think you need at least 0.70 to get the MSN protocol fix... they have locked some clients out, yes, but Trillian, GAIM, and some others can still access it ok.

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error I get it "protocol not supported"

do you have an old version of messenger? microsoft has started to lock out all the old versions and they cant sign in.. :no:

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I think it's related to the version of GAIM you are using. I was on version 0.68 and as of this morning I couldn't access MSN with the same Portocol problem. However having just installed version 0.71 it's all working now.

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Any program using MSN Protocol v7 or below can no longer connect to the MSN IM Network. You need to use a program that has Protocol v8 or v9 (preferably v9). Whatever client you use, make sure you are using the most recent relsease of that product.

Windows Messenger: go to WindowsUpdate and upgrade

MSN Messenger: upgrade to version 6 or higher

GAIM for Linux: use version 0.70 or higher

from skandalfo (623756) on slashdot:

In order to Gaim 0.7[01] to compile and use the MSN plugin supporting the new MSN protocol, you have to install the proper development files for the Mozilla/Netscape security libraries (SSL support required by the new protocol).

In my Mandrake 9.0 system, the packages are:

[skandalfo@cat skandalfo]$ rpm -qa | grep libns

    libnss3-1.1-10mdk

    libnspr4-devel-1.1-10mdk

    libnspr4-1.1-10mdk

    libnss3-devel-1.1-10mdk

SUSE systems also have mozilla development packages, but these are installed to non-standard locations, and you'll have to provide their locations to Gaim's configure script manually.

RedHat systems should behave mostly like Mandrake.

GAIM for Windows: use version 0.70 or higher

Trillian Basic: upgrade to 0.74F

Trillian Pro: 2.0 is reported to be working

Other clients, such as Miranda, aMSN, and such all have reports of working.

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i don't know about you guys but i can't speak to half of my contacts now because most of the msgs we try to send each either are undeliverable or seem like they send but dont :unsure: what the hells been goin on we all are using MSN Messenger 6 its been happening since the start of this month...

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