Connecting with Yahoo Messenger

How can I connect with a Yahoo Messenger contact who is using the same ID as
her MSN Messenger login ? I have a friend who uses the same yahoo email
address for both her Yahoo amd MSN login. BUt she's much more often online
using her Yahoo. When I added her as a new contact on my Live Messenger, it
recognizes her address as a Live Messenger contact and not a Yahoo contact.
Is there a way to get around this?

And when I asked her to add my windows Live login, which is a Gmail address,
Yahoo does not recognize it as a Live Messenger account. As a result, I
received an invitation to use Yahoo Messenger.

Greetings,

If she uses both Yahoo and Messenger with the same ID, she should be listed twice -- one for
the Yahoo account and one of the Messenger account. Just look (or search) for the other one
on your list.

In the 'Add to Messenger List' dialog in Yahoo Messenger she will need to select "Windows
Live (MSN)" as the network type when she enters your GMail address for this to work properly.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"verst2" <> wrote in message
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> How can I connect with a Yahoo Messenger contact who is using the same ID as
> her MSN Messenger login ? I have a friend who uses the same yahoo email
> address for both her Yahoo amd MSN login. BUt she's much more often online
> using her Yahoo. When I added her as a new contact on my Live Messenger, it
> recognizes her address as a Live Messenger contact and not a Yahoo contact.
> Is there a way to get around this?
>
> And when I asked her to add my windows Live login, which is a Gmail address,
> Yahoo does not recognize it as a Live Messenger account. As a result, I
> received an invitation to use Yahoo Messenger.

thanks for the response Jonathan. I checked my list and she's only listed
once, and I think as a LIve messenger contact because it doesn't have a YM!
logo as I see on my other Yahoo messenger contact. I will checked with her
to initiate the connection from the YM side and see if she added me correctly
as a Live messenger contact.

Thanks!
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> If she uses both Yahoo and Messenger with the same ID, she should be listed twice -- one for
> the Yahoo account and one of the Messenger account. Just look (or search) for the other one
> on your list.
>
> In the 'Add to Messenger List' dialog in Yahoo Messenger she will need to select "Windows
> Live (MSN)" as the network type when she enters your GMail address for this to work properly.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
>
> "verst2" <> wrote in message
> news:AD1F5AC0-2AC3-4025-82D2-...
> > How can I connect with a Yahoo Messenger contact who is using the same ID as
> > her MSN Messenger login ? I have a friend who uses the same yahoo email
> > address for both her Yahoo amd MSN login. BUt she's much more often online
> > using her Yahoo. When I added her as a new contact on my Live Messenger, it
> > recognizes her address as a Live Messenger contact and not a Yahoo contact.
> > Is there a way to get around this?
> >
> > And when I asked her to add my windows Live login, which is a Gmail address,
> > Yahoo does not recognize it as a Live Messenger account. As a result, I
> > received an invitation to use Yahoo Messenger.
>
>

Hi,

Well when she adds you, you should then be prompted (the "user added you..." dialog) to add
the Yahoo contact and that should sort it out and then you should have the two contacts.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"verst2" <> wrote in message
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> thanks for the response Jonathan. I checked my list and she's only listed
> once, and I think as a LIve messenger contact because it doesn't have a YM!
> logo as I see on my other Yahoo messenger contact. I will checked with her
> to initiate the connection from the YM side and see if she added me correctly
> as a Live messenger contact.
>
> Thanks!
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> If she uses both Yahoo and Messenger with the same ID, she should be listed twice -- one
>> for
>> the Yahoo account and one of the Messenger account. Just look (or search) for the other
>> one
>> on your list.
>>
>> In the 'Add to Messenger List' dialog in Yahoo Messenger she will need to select "Windows
>> Live (MSN)" as the network type when she enters your GMail address for this to work
>> properly.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>>
>> "verst2" <> wrote in message
>> news:AD1F5AC0-2AC3-4025-82D2-...
>> > How can I connect with a Yahoo Messenger contact who is using the same ID as
>> > her MSN Messenger login ? I have a friend who uses the same yahoo email
>> > address for both her Yahoo amd MSN login. BUt she's much more often online
>> > using her Yahoo. When I added her as a new contact on my Live Messenger, it
>> > recognizes her address as a Live Messenger contact and not a Yahoo contact.
>> > Is there a way to get around this?
>> >
>> > And when I asked her to add my windows Live login, which is a Gmail address,
>> > Yahoo does not recognize it as a Live Messenger account. As a result, I
>> > received an invitation to use Yahoo Messenger.
>>
>>