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Newbie howto - MSN multiuser chat?

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:08 am
by jcourcoul
Sorry for this totally newbie question; I just can't figure it out.

How do you set up a multi-user chat in Adium when connected to MSN? Searched all the menus, tried all key combos, but whenever I'm talking to someone, the "invite to chat" option is always grayed out.

Up till now, the only way I can get a multiuser chatroom going is by having someone in MS's client start it up. I really don't want to give up Adium just because of this, but I do need the functionality urgently.

TIA,

J. Courcoul

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:20 am
by evands
It'll be available in the next major version (.80). You can't make new multiuser chats over MSN in .77, sorry.

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:04 am
by jcourcoul
:(

Is there any rough timeframe for .80's ascent ?

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:19 am
by zaudragon
When it's ready :lol:

I have found a way around it.

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:44 pm
by jgribin
Basically, i don't know about you people, but i take advantage of adiums multiple account feature. I have multiples of each acount. The lack of multiuser msn chats drove me nuts.

Then i decided to use MacMessenger to log on to one of my many MSN accounts. It offers me the ability to add two of my other msn accounts, or my main msn plus another msn account, into a multi user chat.

Then i close the window, and the MacMessenger account leaves. I can then select other names and add them. By the way, if the first time you click "invite" they are greyed out, do it again, and it should be fine.

You can also log onto MacMessenger to block people. MacMessenger offers all the function of MSN Messenger : Mac. So you can use it in MSN Messengers stead, and if you share my goal to have no microsoft products on your hard drive, this will help in its furtherance.

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:20 am
by jdm314
Adium .80 is out, so now I can finally do MSN multi-user chats.

Well, actually I can't. Am I doing somethign wrong? According to yoru change log, this feature IS in the new version.

Thanks!
JDM

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:22 am
by Son of a Preacher Man
Control-click on someone in the contact list, it's one of the options... referred to as a "Multiuser chat".

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:26 am
by jdm314
Silly me! Thanks!

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:30 am
by Son of a Preacher Man
One thing to note, though, is that such chats are treated differently from one-to-one chats, unlike in MSN:Mac where the two are apparently interchangeable. I guess this is part of Adium's AIM heritage :)

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 5:14 am
by evands
Son of a Preacher Man wrote:One thing to note, though, is that such chats are treated differently from one-to-one chats, unlike in MSN:Mac where the two are apparently interchangeable. I guess this is part of Adium's AIM heritage :)
And Gaim's, even more so :)