BryanChung Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Can you still paste the full link of youtube on your MSN conversation with friends? I thought I was the only one but my friend can't too. * The following message could not be delivered to all recipients:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtFMylC41VU only when i removed the "www" and paste "youtube.com/watch?v=dtFMylC41VU" then it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Denis W. Veteran Posted May 10, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2008 Just tested it and it doesn't work. Sure you can just remove the www or use tinyurl but we shouldn't have to. Somehow I suspect this is another idiotic idea from Steve Ballmer. Yeah, and next they'll block tinyurl. ######. :rolleyes: Times like this I'd wish they stick to software and software only, and stop screwing around with web-based services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Azmodan Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 This is now ****ing amazing. Just found out about it while I was reading another news page. We could use this story in the frontpage, you know, because Microsoft employees visit this website... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Matt Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 cant believe so many people are crying because they cant send youtube links via msn. until its fixed just remove the www prefix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nickyyy Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 It works for me? I'm using Msg+ add on if that means anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 10, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted May 10, 2008 It worked for me just now using Adium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Slimy Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 It worked for me just now using Adium. Same. Seems it's fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 10, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted May 10, 2008 Same. Seems it's fixed. ... and somewhere on the Redmond campus an intern is dodging chairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Denis W. Veteran Posted May 10, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2008 Mediafire's still blocked, but: Alright then. Glad it's fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Groovedude Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 works here.... typed www.youtube.com build: 8.5.1302.1018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Good to see that this ****storm can be done with then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted May 10, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted May 10, 2008 Well IM is one of the biggest ways to catch viruses and spyware, so maybe this is just a security tweak gone awry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Azmodan Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Well IM is one of the biggest ways to catch viruses and spyware, so maybe this is just a security tweak gone awry. SSSSSSSSSSSure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ozgeek Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 What's this all about? I send youtube links to my sister over messenger and I do not have any issues. Perhaps your messenger settings is preventing those links from being sent out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Calum Veteran Posted May 11, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 11, 2008 No, ozgeek. It's just that it is fixed now that's all :) It works for everyone now :) Although that was very very odd :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Hexlord Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Okay, this is screwed up but I am doing some tests now to see if the links are still blocked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GrimReeper Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 This thread needs to be closed. Don't post if it works for you anymore because it has since been fixed and no one should have any problems anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ajua Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 YouTube, Deviantart and others sites are working inside wlm when sending links in messages... Maybe there is some kind of system error or maybe a phishing outbreak that uses those sites... However, it is funny that many people think that the world is ending because of this. I think we should wait and see how this evolves ( i do believe some users are suffering this, but i have yet to hear it from someone i know). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BlackTigerAP Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 LIAR!!! LIAR! LIAR!!! BLOODY LIAR! Look at "Views" numbers for this youtube crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CoolCatBad Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 http://messengersays.spaces.live.com/Blog/...y?wa=wsignin1.0 As some of you noticed, we had a problem from Friday night to Saturday morning where our Messenger service was incorrectly blocking some legitimate IP addresses. We sincerely apologize for any difficulties this caused our users. And we want to thank those of you that reported this problem to us so that we could quickly fix it. Because of your help, the incorrect block was only in place for a few hours. As you can imagine, we are very serious about our efforts to block virus, malware and other harmful URLs from being passed on to our users. And we're continually working to improve this process so that we can keep our users safe without having a negative impact on your Messenger service. There have been some pretty outlandish speculations on what happened so I'd like to give you some facts about our process for trying to block unsafe URLs and about what happened Friday night: * There are a number of factors that can be used to determine whether a URL is potentially harmful: number of times a URL is sent, the frequency of the URL being sent, the number of accounts the URL is sent from, manually checking the URL, comparing with other "block lists", etc. * When a URL is deemed harmful, a block can be instated for a specific URL (i.e. www.<domain>.com/<page>) or an entire domain (i.e. *.<domain>.com) * This entire process for Messenger is managed by a 3rd party that is a Microsoft partner * On Friday, Microsoft did not request to block any of the URLs that were accidentally blocked * The blocks were made by our partner as a result of their process to block harmful URLs * We are still investigating the specific reason our partner made these incorrect blocks and we will work with them to improve their process for detecting harmful URLs while not blocking safe ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BryanChung Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Ok working here now. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nodiaque Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 they block dyndns website too. I'm trying to paste this link "http://cdn.dyndns.com/windows/DynUpSetup.exe" which is a link to the official dyndns update and I can't. Even if I remove the http:// so it's not a link, the message will simply not pass... m$ is going a bit too far with that, at least give me an option. The worst is that I don't get any error message saying my link didn't past, the other simply don't receive any message that contain the link... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Raa Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Thanks for the heads up. And the thread resurrection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 darren89 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 yeah. i had this problem a few times, when i was passing a link to my friend through it. :s not sure whether its fine now, hopefully it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nodiaque Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 ok, update on that. I manage to paste my link, the problem was that it was ending with a .exe file. But, there is other website that I cannot past like my game server from no-ip which is shadowninja.servegame.com. This is actually a port 80 redirection link from no-ip and msn refuse to do it Thanks for the heads up. And the thread resurrection. No problem, and I like my resurrecting thread then double-posting thread ;) Search option is such a beautiful invention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Raa Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 No problem, and I like my resurrecting thread then double-posting thread ;) Search option is such a beautiful invention. Fair enough, but this is a 6 month old thread that was created for the purpose of bitching about youtube not working :p Glad you got the issue sorted though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Can you still paste the full link of youtube on your MSN conversation with friends?
I thought I was the only one but my friend can't too.
only when i removed the "www" and paste "youtube.com/watch?v=dtFMylC41VU" then it works.
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