IP ADDRESS FROM MSN

I got another question I forgot to ask before. Ive been told that is really
easy to get another persons IP Address for just establishing a conversation
in msn with them, is it true? It sounds wrong that its so easy to be chatting
with someone and look at their IP Address just like that. If its true, is
there a way to prtotect against this in order to protect my privacy?

Regards

Greetings,

Yes and no. There's a lot of factors involved with whether your IP might be seen by a
contact, what features you're using, which version of Messenger you're using / they're using
and so on.

Although I can't guarantee it completely, with just basic instant messaging, most if not all
connections just flow through the Messenger server.

If you're paranoid, you can just set the built-in Windows Firewall in Windows not to allow
Messenger. As the Windows Firewall only blocks incoming connections, it should at least
force everything through the Messenger server. However, again, no guarantee that the IP
address won't be revealed in a file transfer request or something.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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"GGG" <> wrote in message
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> I got another question I forgot to ask before. Ive been told that is really
> easy to get another persons IP Address for just establishing a conversation
> in msn with them, is it true? It sounds wrong that its so easy to be chatting
> with someone and look at their IP Address just like that. If its true, is
> there a way to prtotect against this in order to protect my privacy?
>
> Regards