MSN connectivitiy in Kopete

From: Tom Page (t.a.page_at_durham.ac.uk)
Date: 11/30/03 

Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:03:57 +0000

I have recently done an FTP install of SuSE 9.0, and it's not been without
its problems, but one thing I cannot get around is the fact I can't get MSN
connections in Kopete. I have Kopete 0.7.3, as provided with SuSE 9.0, and
I've read the stuff at http://kopete.kde.org/ - it says to upgrade to
0.7.4, so I got their SuSE 9.0 RPM from there and installed it.

Still no luck - so I read the bit in

http://kopete.kde.org/index.php?page=faq

about adding some text to fake that your machine is a Windows box (the text
from the FAQ page is included below) - I did this, but still no luck!

Anyone got any ideas - they would be much appreciated!

Thanks, Tom

[text from FAQ page]
I can't connect to MSN with Kopete 0.7.2. I thought this version was meant
to fix the MSN upgrade messages, not break it entirely!

Running some kernel called 2.4.22something? Kopete normally sends the kernel
version to the MSN server as a user agent, but the MSN server can't handle
words in there. So put on your best grin and fake it - add the following to
$KDEDIR/share/config/kopeterc, in the [MSN] section: UserAgent=0x0409 winnt
5.1 i386 MSNMSGR 5.0.0 MSMSGS . This way you look like a windows box and
the server lets you connect.

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