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MSN Messenger Kickbans Third-Party IM Clients

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the turned-up-clocked-on-laid-off dept.

No_Weak_Heart writes "As reported here back in August, October 15th is the day Microsoft set to ban third party clients from logging in to their IM service. This eWeek article notes that the day is upon us, and MS is offering few details about its progress in creating licensing agreements to continue access. The licensing issue was previously discussed here. And my copy of Fire cannot log in. Anyone else find their IM clients non-responsive?"

2 of 422 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What is IM? by 0xbeefcake · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well the most recent version of M$'s instant messaging uses TLS/SSL and it works through HTTP proxies too. IRC, last time I checked, doesn't do these things (although I haven't used it in a while). Plus they are aimed at slightly different audiences. IRC is great where you want to hop on a channel where you want to meet strangers interested in the same subjects as you, where as IM clients are more geared towards 1-on-1 chatting with existing friends and colleagues.

  2. Re:What is IM? by veeoh · · Score: 2, Funny

    oh please - where have you been? Leave the server room for a while dude.