THIS IS JUST WEIRD!

I used MSN Messenger at work for years. Now I no longer work there but want
to keep in touch with my friends there.
WHY are you not allowed to add people from my old company name that are on
Windows instant messenger there.
I get that stupid message where it says that if they don't have a passport
account (i.e. hotmail email address) they won't let you add them...WTF?

On Mon, 7 May 2007 11:55:02 -0700, Azure wrote:

> I used MSN Messenger at work for years. Now I no longer work there but want
> to keep in touch with my friends there.
> WHY are you not allowed to add people from my old company name that are on
> Windows instant messenger there.
> I get that stupid message where it says that if they don't have a passport
> account (i.e. hotmail email address) they won't let you add them...WTF?

A Passport account need not be an MSN Hotmail account. I have a Passport
account in the "@msn.aosake.net" domain. That *is not* an MSN Hotmail
account. One can create a Passport account with any email address one uses.

It sounds like Work set up their own Messenger service outside of MSN, so
their workers probably don't need Passport accounts in the "@work.example"
domain. If that is the case, you are probably out of luck. Don't blame MSFT,
blame Work.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

ah yes .. messenger can work inside a company on a local network also...

thats why the OP has the problem.. those people did not have a hotmail, msn
or live account to log in


"N. Miller" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Mon, 7 May 2007 11:55:02 -0700, Azure wrote:
>
>> I used MSN Messenger at work for years. Now I no longer work there but
>> want
>> to keep in touch with my friends there.
>> WHY are you not allowed to add people from my old company name that are
>> on
>> Windows instant messenger there.
>> I get that stupid message where it says that if they don't have a
>> passport
>> account (i.e. hotmail email address) they won't let you add them...WTF?
>
> A Passport account need not be an MSN Hotmail account. I have a Passport
> account in the "@msn.aosake.net" domain. That *is not* an MSN Hotmail
> account. One can create a Passport account with any email address one
> uses.
>
> It sounds like Work set up their own Messenger service outside of MSN, so
> their workers probably don't need Passport accounts in the "@work.example"
> domain. If that is the case, you are probably out of luck. Don't blame
> MSFT,
> blame Work.
>
> --
> Norman
> ~Oh Lord, why have you come
> ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum