Re: [SLE] Gaim and MSN (and amsn)

From: Bruce Marshall (bmarsh_at_bmarsh.com)
Date: 10/22/03

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    Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:32:51 -0400
    
    

    On Wednesday 22 October 2003 15:57 pm, FX Fraipont wrote:
    > > I am using amsn (alvaro messenger) looks like MSN of M$, but when I
    > > am trying to use it
    > > as 'myuser' the program does not run because of Authorization
    > > problems
    > >
    > > To be solved with xauth, but I have not been able to get the
    > > solution.
    > >
    > > Meanwhile i use RedHat to conect with messenger network
    > >
    > > You may find amsn in
    > >
    > > http://amsn.sourceforge.net/
    >
    > Thanks for the advice. Amsn works fine, but seems to be a one-protocol
    > thing. The beauty of gaim is that you use one client for all
    > protocols: msn, jabber, icq, aim, etc ...
    >
    > There must be a way of getting gaim to work. It's probably something
    > with the SSL lbraries.
    >

    Gaim .71 seems to work for me with MSN. At least it gets to the point
    where it wants a .NET password and I refuse to get one of those.

    > Thanks anyway.
    >
    >
    > FX
    >
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