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  1. 14th November 2004 07:47 PM #1
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    I'm currently on Yahoo Messenger, but a few of you guys have repeatedly asked me if I am on MSN Messenger. Probably so you can annoy the crap out of me during the day.

    Well, I'm not, but I am looking for a reliable program that can access both. Do any of you peoples use a program that does this?

    I came across a couple of them on a search:
    Easy Message
    GAIM
    Miranda IM

    Heard of any of these?

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  2. 14th November 2004 08:38 PM #2
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    Trillian or GAIM would be my recommendations.

    I pick Trillian just because they've been doing it longer.

    You need to keep up to date with patching these multi-access programs as all of the proprietry groups make changes to make them incompatible farily frequently. There is no OSS movement when it comes to Yahoo and MSN.
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  3. 14th November 2004 08:42 PM #3
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    Heard of them, and there are a few others.

    I use Trillian Pro. www.trillian.cc

    Jabber is also pretty good www.jabber.org
    open source so its free.
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  4. 14th November 2004 09:56 PM #4
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    Thanks gents.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bruce
    There is no OSS movement when it comes to Yahoo and MSN.
    What's OSS movement?
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  5. 15th November 2004 09:57 AM #5
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    OSS = Open Source Software.
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  6. 15th November 2004 10:10 AM #6
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    MSN only here. If they aren't on MSN, they i don't need to chat to them?
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    Already had Yahoo.
    Now have an MSN Passport.
    And have installed Trillian.
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  8. 15th November 2004 01:17 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP
    Already had Yahoo.
    Now have an MSN Passport.
    And have installed Trillian.
    Add me please Andy...

    Both YIM and MSN "posttoandy"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bruce
    OSS = Open Source Software.
    What is the relevance?
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  10. 15th November 2004 05:11 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fishman Dan
    MSN only here. If they aren't on MSN, they i don't need to chat to them?
    ok Fishy.. i get the hint
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    I just download Trillian V3, its still in Alpha, so you will only find it at unreliable sources, like http://www2.fixdown.com/soft/18847.asp
    (its the first chinese text link).

    I like the features and the look, in fact its better than any of the standalones, and displays the Freinds pic in the contact list.
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  12. 16th November 2004 12:41 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by markTHEblake
    I just download Trillian V3, its still in Alpha
    I got the freebie basic version.

    Had my doubts this morning though, as I was having lots of trouble getting it to connect. Seemed to be working fine by the end of the day though.

    I was then harassed by some fellow OZgolfers for the rest of the afternoon. The doubts return.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP
    I was then harassed by some fellow OZgolfers for the rest of the afternoon. The doubts return.....
    If Jarro doesn't have MSN, he wouldn't be one of them?? That would have to be a plus.....


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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP
    I was then harassed by some fellow OZgolfers for the rest of the afternoon.
    YOU were harassed?!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fishman Dan
    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP
    I was then harassed by some fellow OZgolfers for the rest of the afternoon.
    YOU were harassed?!
    Yes. Bombarded with harassment.
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    Bugger. The MSN connection of Trillian doesn't seem to like going through the HTTP proxy at work, so it won't connect now. Even though it worked fine for a few days.
    Their website doesn't seem to have an answer for fixing the problem either.

    Works great at home though.

    Think I will try Blakey's dodgy Chinese alpha version 3 now.
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    Give me a hoy if your having probs with Ver 3. i can try running it through my proxy here and see what happens.
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