Pidgin

[Madison Kelly]

Devon Aitken wrote:
> Madison Kelly wrote:
>> Devon Aitken wrote:
>>> My siblings used to use gaim with Linux. I'm a new Linux user and 
>>> when I installed with sudo apt-get install gaim it came up as Pidgin. 
>>> When I tried to use it it said that the server does not support our 
>>> protocol. Is there anyway around this?
>>
>> AOL got on their case about their name, so they changed it.
>>
>> As for MSN, I just tested my old MSN account and it connected fine.
>>
>> Settings;
>> Server:   messenger.hotmail.com
>> Port:     1863
>> Protocol: MSN
>> Username: (full email address)
>> Password: (your secret)
>>
>> That's it. If it still doesn't work, let us know what version you are 
>> using.
>>
>> Madi
>> -- 
> It worked for a little while. Everything seemed to be working for about 
> 2 minutes then it asked for my password so I typed it. Then the error 
> showed again saying my e-mail was disconnected and also said "Our 
> protocol  is not supported by the server."  again.

MS is always trying to break support with third party clients... Check 
your version and see if there is a newer version available for download. 
If you need help, let us know what version you are running and what 
Linux distro and version you are running.

Madi
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