adding from different networks: msn, yahoo etc

theFreshman · Post by **theFreshman** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:40 am

im trying to add contacts from yahoo, but it wont let me choose the program. it only allows me to choose msn - most everyone on my list is on msn, as is my login. but i have recieved messages from people on yahoo.

am i doing something wrong??

Post by **Catfish_Man** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:54 am

The MSN-Yahoo bridge is not currently supported; you'd need to add a Yahoo account in the Account Preferences.

theFreshman · Post by **theFreshman** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:09 am

if i do add a yahoo bridge, can i put them on my msn list?

or no

Post by **Catfish_Man** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:00 am

Adium does its best to treat all the lists as one combined one.

Post by **bgannin** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:24 am

Catfish_Man wrote:Adium does its best to treat all the lists as one combined one.

But does not actually add them to your MSN buddy list as the official clients can (for cross-network communication [Yahoo <-> MSN].)

theFreshman · Post by **theFreshman** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:36 pm

but it wont let me add a yahoo addy. it wont let me select it. and when i type in a yahoo addy, the add button is unclickable

Post by **The_Tick** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:25 pm

Because you need to use a yahoo account to message a yahoo person.

Yahoo! and Microsoft made a deal to have msn and yahoo talk to each other. However, this requires updating the protocol. We don't have those updates in Adium, and do not have an eta on when they will be added.

theFreshman · Post by **theFreshman** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:07 pm

thank you all:)

shacker · Post by **shacker** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:46 pm

To make sure I understand.... I have a .Mac/AIM account. I decided to switch to Adium in order to be able to connect to YIM users as well. But if I read this thread right, there's no way I can do that without first creating a YIM account for myself as well?

drmoque · Post by **drmoque** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:11 pm

That's correct. To reach Yahoo users, you need a Yahoo account first. Same with MSN, same with GTalk.

There is a way to configure iChat to talk to Yahoo users via Jabber. Below is a link to the description. Note at the time of this writing, the Allforces server seemed to be down (at least for me) so u may have to check back later to get the detailed instructions.

http://homepage.mac.com/samchops/B73317 ... index.html

Since that approach uses a Jabber server, it MAY be possible to also use Adium to patch through the Jabber server. However, I have not tried it nor do I plan to.
I merely offer is an alternative until the Cross-service support filters into Adium someday.

shacker · Post by **shacker** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:13 am

Thanks for the tips drmoque. I'll probably go ahead and register a YIM acct, since it sounds like the easiest path, but cool to know there is the possiblity of bridging the great divide.