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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: fireprogrammer on 4 May 2004, 20:06

Title: msn or not ?
Post by: fireprogrammer on 4 May 2004, 20:06

is it wrong as a linux user to use msn or hotmail, i really don't know. Msn is part of microsoft isn't it. I always use Amsn on my linux machine

Title: msn or not ?
Post by: Refalm on 4 May 2004, 20:14

I don't think it's wrong to use MSN if all your friends are on that IM. I use dMSN (http://www.dmsn.nl/) myself.

Hotmail is evil however, and you should stop using it today!
The inbox is too tiny, the spam filter is a joke and there're just too much commercials.
If you want free web based e-mail, I suggest Yahoo! Mail (https://mail.yahoo.com/).

Title: msn or not ?
Post by: M51DPS on 4 May 2004, 23:45

If you use planet-save (http://planet-save.com/), you can save the rainforest with every e-mail! plus their servers are solar-powered. You can also get a free POP account here (http://hotpop.com/index.jsp).

I don't use MSN because all of my friends are on AIM (and if they did, i'd try to get them to switch). For instant messenging, I use Fire (http://fire.sourceforge.net/) (Mac OS X only), but gaim (http://gaim.sourceforge.net/) is also a popular multi-network client.

[ May 04, 2004: Message edited by: M51DPS ]

Title: msn or not ?
Post by: preacher on 5 May 2004, 02:22

Don't worry, you won't be damned to hell by using Microsoft's network. I tend to avoid the network myself like the plague though.