MSN Error: Authentication failed

[theFreshman]

i keep getting this message; MSN Error: Authentication failed and i dont know why. i havnt done anything. nor was i doing anything when i got the messages.

im wondering if someone might be trying to add me to their list (msn) and adium is having problems.

does anyone eles know what this might be?

[stevekelley]

I am too.

[mynameismatt89]

yea, i just made a post about this too, cause the exact same thing keeps happening to me. This is what i posted....


Hey,

I keep getting the same 'error' or 'notice' and sometimes get a connection error where my messages may not have been sent; but my internet and other stuff still works. A message will come up and say...

Adium: Notice

MSN Error: Authentication Failed

What can i do about this... when this happens it sometimes prevents me from sending or receiving messages. Should i try a different program?

Thanks,
Matt




anybody know whats wrong with it?

[mynameismatt89]

this is what some googling found, but how can we fix it?...

Authentication failed
Sent in response to some invalid formats of the USR command to the DS. Also sent if the account name is invalid.
>>> USR 3 TWN S example@passport.com\r\n
<<< 911 3\r\n

>>> USR 4 TWN I passport.com\r\n
<<< 911 4\r\n
Sent in response to an invalid TWN value sent in the second USR command to the NS. Also sent if the account name is invalid or nonexistent.
>>> USR 6 TWN S t=some_invalid_value\r\n
<<< 911 6\r\n
Also sent in response to problems authenticating with the switchboard with USR or ANS.
>>> USR 1 myname_123@hotmail.com 486979.1047702516.105\r\n
<<< 911 1\r\n
>>> ANS 1 myname_123@hotmail.com 849102291.520491932 11752098\r\n
<<< 911 1\r\n

[m2e]

What version of Adium are you using?
Does Adium continue to work fine apart from this message?

[mynameismatt89]

i am running version 0.89.1 . This problem occurs alot.. but yes, is the only problem. Besides the occasionally message coming up in the conversation window 'an error has occured, this message may not have been sent'

If i get adium metal, will it be any different?

[mynameismatt89]

or, instead of metal... what if i get this

http://beta.adiumx.com/

[LuxuryChair]

or, instead of metal... what if i get this

http://beta.adiumx.com/

There is no chance that the metal adium would help, it uses the exact same code as .89. The beta, on the other hand, does have some modifications to the code, but I'm not sure if any of them relate to your problem. You can always try it and see if you continue to have problems.

[Sean]

Happening for me too on newest beta, it is an MSN problem I think.

[silver10]

I'm having the same problem in the Beta.

I also get 'Could not send; a connection error occurred.' A LOT. It's so annoying.

[mynameismatt89]

so do you think if we try msn for mac or mercury chat we wont have the problem anymore?

[LuxuryChair]

so do you think if we try msn for mac or mercury chat we wont have the problem anymore?

Try it, let us know if it makes a difference.

[mynameismatt89]

well, in mercury it has the same 'could not send, a connection error occured' but just re-worded. So i dont know what the hell's going on

[djmori]

It seems to be something wrong in msn servers.. this is not mac nor adium specific.

[Zack777]

I think its working again!

[LuxuryChair]

There's a flood of threads and posts regarding this every few months, I guess we can thank Microsoft for the stability of their chat servers.

[Zack777]

There's a flood of threads and posts regarding this every few months, I guess we can thank Microsoft for the stability of their chat servers.

Guess so