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Jun 23rd, 2006
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Help! MSN Messenger for Mac sign-in problems

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I'm working from a powerbook operating OSX and I've not been able to log into MSN Messenger for Mac since I installed it (several times, mind!). This has been about two months.

MSN have been spectacularly unhelpful over this two month period, taking at least a week or two to respond to each query/reply to their suggestions. None of them has worked.

I've tried uninstalling, reinstalling, clearing, everything! The error I get is that my user name or password is incorrect but I know absolutely this is wrong because a) I can sign in on other computers and b) I can still sign in to Hotmail on my Mac.

Help! Please?
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Re: Help! MSN Messenger for Mac sign-in problems

Anyone? Please?
Should I post this in a different thread?
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Quote originally posted by bellsforher ...
I'm working from a powerbook operating OSX and I've not been able to log into MSN Messenger for Mac since I installed it (several times, mind!). This has been about two months.

MSN have been spectacularly unhelpful over this two month period, taking at least a week or two to respond to each query/reply to their suggestions. None of them has worked.

I've tried uninstalling, reinstalling, clearing, everything! The error I get is that my user name or password is incorrect but I know absolutely this is wrong because a) I can sign in on other computers and b) I can still sign in to Hotmail on my Mac.

Help! Please?
just wondering, have you tried adiumx
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would it be possible when someone with experience on this subject to post a reply as to a fix, I have tried ADIUMx and Mercury and Fire and MSN Messenger MAC and none will allow internet connection trough, thank you for taking a moment of your time to read and consider that we I am new at MAC and no support is provided for MSN MESSENGER MAC anywhere i just get tossed around, it be nice to receive a solution from the pro's here, cheer
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Re: Help! MSN Messenger for Mac sign-in problems

im having the same problem, except mine says im not connected to the internet or the service is not avaiable sometimes too. any1 know what this is about?
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The only plausible answer i can suggest is do what I did, re-install MAC OSX and do your updates, after install your messenger and yahoo, it worked for me, I still cannot login into my mac account, but that is fine for now, good luck
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im having the same problem but i has been really abrupt. it says that the server or internet is connected but it is. i dont no what to do. any ideas?
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i have tha same problem...i dont know what to do..
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It's pathetic really, but hey ho!. I had the same problem - just won't let me in. As I always use alternative characters in my passwords (# or @ or whatever) it occurred to me to change my password to something really banal and simplistic as a test - you know, 1234abcd etc. I tried various combinations and, sure enough, they ALL worked. Using a password consisting of only numbers or letters, the portals to the messenger:mac opened wide. Solution? Use a password a monkey could figure out. Advice? Erase this crap and move on ;-)
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Re: Help! MSN Messenger for Mac sign-in problems

I am having the same problem ('Service is not available or you are not connected to the Internet') on OS X (Leopard) when, in fact, I am connected to the Internet: A wait time of about 1-3 minutes (it varies) and the the message, as shown in the attached graphic. This happened once before some months ago. At that time, uninstalling v 6.0.3 and reinstalling it worked. No problems until tonight. However, that old solution does not work now. Moreover, trying to access the "Server Status" page results in an inordinately long wait (5 min?) until a time-out occurs. Anyway, it's been 4 hours now and still not able to long in -- so I am at my wits end. Incidentally, my password only has alphanumeric characters in it.
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