Instant Messenger (MSN) Blocked?
For the past week, I thought my Mac was starting to crap out because I couldn’t connect to the MSN network using CyberDuck Adium, which worked fine weeks prior. Everytime I launched it, I got the ‘just crashed’ screen. Well today I setup Gaim on my Ubuntu box and tried to connect to the MSN network only to have Gaim autoclose itself.
Is this a case of being blocked by Microsoft since I’m not using a supported version of Windows Messenger? At the moment, I don’t know, but it really is bothersome.
Anyone has ideas for me to try to test this?
UPDATE:
I ran gaim on my Ubuntu box with debug turned on and noticed that everything was fine until it loaded the Encarta Answers contact. I removed Encarta Answers from my Contact List and it launched without problems. Seeing as this is a Windows Messenger only feature, I don’t think removing that contact will ever be a problem.
