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Looks like non-msn users will be disconnected October15th. Robert Never test the depth of the water with both feet. -----Original Message----- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 2 September 2003 10:05 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MSN Messenger update joke... I don't think there is any problem with continuing to use msn. I got a mail to my hotmail account ages (in internet terms) ago from them saying I had to upgrade. I still use amsn, gaim, kopete successfully. When I logon I get a message from microsoft saying I nned an urgent security update, if i can be bothered I message them back saying f*** off i am using amsn/whatever and they ignore me. (bot surprising, the message is certainly sent by a robot, it just gives me a boyish sense of satisfaction) On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 20:34:58+1200 Chris Wilkinson<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > Joshua Collins wrote: > > Chris Wilkinson wrote: > > > >>I run Alvaros MSN Messenger Client for Linux, so I can instant > >>message some friends around NZ and abroad. MS just emailed my > >>Hotmail address saying that I cannot use Messenger anymore until > >>I update it to a security fixed version! > > > > I get the same message on Trillian but not using the security fixed > > version hasn't stopped it connecting to MSN. GAIM is also still > > running iirc, maybe the is an Alvaros MSN clone problem? > > I just found that AMSN still works despite the email from M$. Perhaps > there is an amnesty period to give users the chance to update, but it > still works fine... > > I hope the authors of AMSN are able to 'fix' the current version to > trick MSN servers into allowing connections, because its a useful > tool to catch-up with all my friends who have deserted NZ... > > Kind regards, > > Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch. > > >
