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new msn contact?
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:52 pm
by msa
I imagine there is a simple answer to this: I can't create a new contact for msn. All I see in the drop down is aim, .mac, and icq.
What am I doing wrong?
Michael
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:09 pm
by Tipo 61
This is probably a stupid question, but do you have an MSN account registeren in Adium? It wont let you put a contact in there if you dont have an account registered for that service
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:14 pm
by msa
oh duh!
nope. and that's it.
Thanks.
–ms
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:16 pm
by Newtylicious
Are you signed on to an msn account? That could very well be the problem, if that's true, then the MSN should be greyed out in the dropdown menu.[/img]
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:22 pm
by msa
I'm trying to get an account- they sure don't make it easy [compare aim]. Now waiting for the confirmation.
But I don't see it grey, don't see it at all. After I get the account, I'll see what's what.
Thanks to all!
Michael
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:30 pm
by Tipo 61
glad we could help, after your account is registered and all that, it should work fine
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:15 pm
by amdxp
i cant seem to be able to add my contacts. i've however connected to msn. pelase help.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:19 pm
by amdxp
i cant seem to be able to add my contacts. i've however connected to msn. pelase help.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:43 pm
by msa
Still won't work...
It took this long to get passport to send me the registration email. But now the account is active.
So. I went back to Adium, and went to Contact>Add Contact, but I still see only ICQ and AOL. Sheesh. I am doing some thing wrong:-)
Any more ideas you guys?
Michael
[I just realized that I used the same address for both iChat/AIM and messenger; I don't suppose this would be a problem?]
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:48 pm
by Tipo 61
Is it a .Mac account? That might present a problem, but I don't know too much about MSN, so I am not too sure. Any MSN guru's out there?
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:52 pm
by amdxp
no its a msn account. wheni logon to my msn client i can see the contacts as offline but not in the adium though.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:54 pm
by Tipo 61
I was talking to msa about the .Mac thing
, but if you have the option "Hide Offline Contacts" in the "View" menu checked, Adium will hide the offline contacts, which could be why you can't see them in Adium.
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:49 pm
by amdxp
i'm so bloody stupid. this is why they call ppl like me new babies! who the world knew there was a hide offline contacts option?
thanks heaps!
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 1:19 pm
by Tipo 61
No Problem
