Windows Live Messenger is censoring a few domains...


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I noticed that recently sending a few links of files stored on my Mediafire account to some of my WLM buddies aren't going through. Just typing 'www.mediafire.com' returns a "This message could not be delivered to all receipiants:"... but separating the domain and typing www dot mediafire dot com works...

WTF is up with this? It's not like I'm sending viruses to anyone. Is there a way to get rid of this internal blacklist?

I had something like this a few hours ago. The link contained the words "download.php" and MSN blocked it. I googled this censorship and came to a site that had a list of different keywords, like the download.php that was being blocked server side.

Thanks for your replies.

I guess this site blacklist is managed on the network level? Bummer.

Indeed. When your message is sent to the servers and a link is in the message, it is filtered through a blacklist of sites that arn't permitted to be transmitted. It's effective sometimes, but for instances such as this there's a downside.

As suggested, I'd use tinyurl :).

I had this happen to me last week or so too. I don't remember what url it was exactly, don't think it was anything mediafire, do remember it was a link to some site to look at something or other, totally legal n legit n everything, got back 'this message could not be delivered', figured that jus happens sometimes so jus sent it again, hmm, again, n again n again, tried it ten times, failed to deliver everytime, hello? i say to my conctact, yea? well normal messages going through, tried link again, nope, jus not going through, well what the hell. Really ****ed me off.

Is there a Live network contact we can yell at to get some domains taken out of the blacklist? I'd be damned to think it's a bot managing the list. I could continue using tinyurl, maybe until they blacklist that one as well.

About blocking uploads.neowin.net: I think someone must've uploaded some 'good stuff' into a now-deleted NSFW thread. :devil:

  • 5 weeks later...
They're blocking YouTube links!?!? :o

That's beyond ridiculous if it's true!

well either it was a "mistake"...

a trial run to see how ppl would react..

or they just got too many hate filled feedback.. it seems to be working again sending youtube and deviantart links.. but we'll see if it lasts..

I may be wrong here, but 3rd party Im clients will have to use the MSN network in order to communicate to users on the msn system.

Hence any filtering on the network will still be in effect.

correct.. you still get any filtering a network that you are on has setup regardless of the client you use to connect to that network.

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