AIM and Yahoo!

[Guest]

Does Windows Messenger support miltiple protocols such as AIM and Yahoo!? I
am specifically asking about Windows Messenger and not MSN Messenger -- I am
assuming the latter does not.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

Windows Messenger 4.7 supports the .NET Messenger Service (same as MSN Messenger)
exclusively.

Older versions of Windows Messenger and Windows Messenger 5.x also add support for Live
Communcations Server (SIP-Based Communications Servers) and Exchange 2000 IM Servers. AIM
and Yahoo have never been supported in Windows Messenger.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
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[Guest]

Well that sucks. Isn't there anyway Microsoft can make a version that at
least lets users IM friends with AIM accounts?

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

I'm afraid not, AOL does not allow others to connect to their network. Yes, they allow the
smaller players to, simply because blocking them requires so much effort, but they aren't
going to allow their main competitor to do it.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.