msn messenger update

[Stilly]

okay, I was getting on the msn messenger(I only use it since I know people that dont have aim) and every time I got on it would send me an email about a security update, heres the email:
 

quote:ATTENTION: IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED FOR MSN AND WINDOWS MESSENGER USERS.

You are receiving this e-mail because you are a MSN Messenger or Windows
Messenger Service user.

As part of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative, Microsoft is
updating the .NET Messenger Service and providing you with an important
MSN Messenger or Windows Messenger security update.

If you are using MSN Messenger 5.0, Windows Messenger 4.7.2000, or MSN
Messenger for Mac 3.5, or any versions higher than these, you do NOT need
this security update. To find out which version you have, select the
'Help' menu in Messenger, then select 'About'. If you are using an older
version, or are not sure, please visit:
http://messenger.msn.com/Help/Upgrades.aspx
for an update.

NOTICE: If you are not using an updated version, you will be unable to
continue using your MSN Messenger or Windows Messenger Service.

Thank you for helping Microsoft further its commitment to helping you
protect your privacy and security online.

You can view the .NET Messenger Statement of Privacy at:
http://messenger.msn.com/Help/Privacy.aspx
and the .NET Messenger Service Terms of Use and Notices at:
http://messenger.msn.com/Help/Terms.aspx.  

and now that microsoft only supports mac os 9.2 and up I'm fucked by one version   :mad:      :mad:      :mad:      :mad:      :mad:      :mad:      :mad:      :mad:

[ August 19, 2003: Message edited by: The Stiller ]

[suselinux]

Try Trillain

get it here

or mozilla firebird has an MSN messenger extension
(No transfers) web page


just go throught the prefrences or options in fire bird and choose get extensions

this is for windows right?


otherwise I recomend Kopete
for Linux

get it here

Mozilla firebird also works veru well in linux too
web page

Note trillian does work in wine if you really like it, but I prefer Kopete

[Stilly]

its for mac classic but I found soemthing that ought to do the trick

thanks though

[Calum]

huh, isn't there a mac version of gaim?

edit: can't see one, but you could get the source package and compile it on your OSX machine for X.

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/

it will handle your msn and your aim and a lot of other protocols with no intervention from microsoft and their thrustworthy computing.

edit: and anyway why are we talking about macintosh versions in the windows section?

[ August 19, 2003: Message edited by: Calum ]

[slvadcjelli42]

quote:NOTICE: If you are not using an updated version, you will be unable to
continue using your MSN Messenger or Windows Messenger Service.

Doesn't that mean that only people using the "approved" programs / patches can connect to the network? (not that I care, almost no one I know uses it anymore, they almost all use the AIM / Oscar thing) Or do you think they're just bluffing? Or, that newer versions of "alternate" programs (gaim, etc) will be able to mimic the stuff they want? hmm...

[Stilly]

I think its just a bluff. I haven't noticed any difference since then except 13 emails from microsoft

[emh]

There's also AYTTM, which does MSN and Yahoo complete with file transfers for both.

http://ayttm.sourceforge.net

[Calum]

and kopete, i think for Qt.

nevertheless i have seen and heard nothing from the GAIM group that suggests they will stop being able to support the msn protocol.

[raptor]

well microsoft wants you to use their recent release of windows messenger

reason: microsoft locking down their networks