Subj : MSN Client
To   : richardw
From : Deuce
Date : Mon Jun 13 2005 11:44 am

  Re: MSN Client
  By: richardw to MIKE POWELL on Mon Jun 13 2005 10:55:00

 >  > Is there an MSN Messenger compatable client for linux?
 >  >
 >  > I have tried gaim, but the msn plugin does not appear to work (protocol
 >  > not supported).  kmerlin would not install.  Are there any others?
 >  >
 >  > I have a hotmail account, and have used it before, but have never used
 >  > the Windows MSN Messenger client.  If there is some way you have to use
 >  > it to initialize your Messenger account first, I have not done it then.
 > 
 > Gaim works fine for me, and is the preferred client.  Perhaps you didn't
 > have a recent enough version... occasionally, M$ucks breaks the third
 > party clients, and a new release is required to re-establish
 > communications.
 > 
 > I'm running version 1.1.4 right now.

As I mentioned, the kids were brutally forced to use FreeBSD... and coming from
a Windows98/MSN system, they've never complained about aMSN at all.

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