authentication problem with MSN

[tooltimetim]

First my english is not so good, please remenber on this if you read

I have a problem with Adium 1.3 after install,

now i can't log in to MSN

Fehler: Unable to authenticate: The e-mail address or password is incorrect.

in Version 1.2.7 it works without a problem

can someone help me?

Adium 1.3 on a MacBook 2,2 GHz (black) with Mac OS X 10.5.4

[Strilo]

I had this exact problem when I upgraded. I had to delete the MSN account from Adium and re-add it. That fixed the issue.

[BlueRender]

I am having the same issue. Tried new pref files, tried recreating the account. No luck. Any ideas why this suddenly quit working after the upgrade?

[tooltimetim]

i also try to reinstall my MSN-Account on Adium, but it does't work

my MSN account is an *_*_*@hotmail.com, is the "_" a problem.

[BlueRender]

Good question. My account address contains an underscore "_" as well. Hmm. That seems weird, but I guess it is possible. The address worked with the previous version.

[Robby]

Are your passwords longer than 8 characters?

[mr_lars]

Are your passwords longer than 8 characters?

Same problem here.
My address contains an underscore and my password is longer than 8 characters...

[Robby]

Yeah, changing to a password shorter than eight characters should fix the problem.

[mr_lars]

Yeah, changing to a password shorter than eight characters should fix the problem.

I've done it but nothing changes... I think the problem is in the underscore

[bantha]

100% loaded but it doesnt connect. 100% Loading contents of Contactlist. 30mins later still not online.
I have no MSN Contactlist in Adium, because it dont works. For chatting with MSN i use aMSN. So i think its very bugged.

[martina]

I have the same problem. Shortening my password didn't help. My username doesn't contain underscores, only letters, dot (.), and at-sign (@).

I had no problems logging in with the previous version of Adium, or with Pidgin on the PC and IM+ on the iPod. Something seems to be broken in this release of Adium.

What else can I do?

[dh10]

make sure you've read this hint http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewtopic. ... 32#p109457 and that it doesn't apply to you.

[martina]

In order to troubleshoot this, downloaded the current Adium debug build:

http://adiumx.cachefly.net/Adium_1.3.1svn20080826.dmg

and run it (straight from the disk image). Lo and behold! It connected to MSN without an authentication failure. Even more weird, when I afterwards started the original 1.3 release, it worked, too! Looks like the debug build "repaired" something...

Strange.

[BlueRender]

In order to troubleshoot this, downloaded the current Adium debug build:

http://adiumx.cachefly.net/Adium_1.3.1svn20080826.dmg

and run it (straight from the disk image). Lo and behold! It connected to MSN without an authentication failure. Even more weird, when I afterwards started the original 1.3 release, it worked, too! Looks like the debug build "repaired" something...

Strange.

That did it! Hooray Martina! Thanks.

[anchfiend]

I tried but it still doesn't help. However, this time it gives a different message: Unable to authenticate: .NET Messenger Service

[skazm]

i'm gonna try doing that build, i have the same problem, and today, all of a sudden, my chat windows are blank
this sucks, anyone have the link for the old version?

[skazm]

did build, changed password to 1 w 7 letters, to no avail, then i deleted and re-added, lo and behold, it works. heheh thanks everyone

[tooltimetim]

Yes my password is longer than 8 Strings

[germaine]

mine still says msn error

[tarfie]

I too am having MSN connection issues. I have an underscore in my user name, a pass shorter than 8 characters. It's very hit or miss that I'll connect. This morning I was connected fine, but then it just crashed out.

Will try the debug build and report findings. Deleting/Re-adding MSN account didn't work for me.

As an incidental - I'm using Mac OS 10.4, fully patched up.

Cheers,

Tarfie