Subj : MSN Client
To   : Deuce
From : richardw
Date : Mon Jun 13 2005 04:38 pm

  Re: MSN Client
  By: Deuce to richardw on Mon Jun 13 2005 11:44 am

 >  >  > Is there an MSN Messenger compatable client for linux?
 >  >  >
 >  >  > I have tried gaim, but the msn plugin does not appear to work (protoco
 >  >  > 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 us
 >  >  > 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 f
 > a Windows98/MSN system, they've never complained about aMSN at all.

I use gaim for MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, and AIM.  :)

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