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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?"

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  1. Re:Gaim... by Stween · · Score: 5, Informative

    You're probably running an old version of Gaim if you're getting that message.

    MSN Protocol v9 has been supported for a version or two now.

    I just tried my Gaim 0.70 here (haven't updated to 0.71 yet), and it works perfectly. And it's quite definately not the 15th any more :)