Multiple accounts

I had hoped that the next version of Messenger supported multiple
accounts simultaneously - but no. it doesn't :-(

I'd like to be logged in with 3 accounts at the same time. One for
work, one for family and friends and one for gaming-contacts. Each
identity with it's own email, name and display-picture - nothing
in common. The identities should then be accessable in Messenger
as tabs on the window and I should be able to be online with all
three at once.

Why have they not made something like that ??!?! I surely cannot
be the only one with such needs ??? And implementing it should
require one programmer working one day...

Amazing....


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/\ preben nielsen
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Greetings,

To do this properly will probably take some overhaul of how Messenger functions, but its been
on the popular list of wanted features for awhile.

Microsoft software is built using a process -- nothing can take "one day".

Regardless, you can do this today. Just grab Messenger Plus (http://www.msgpluslive.net) and
after installation, click the Plus! menu in the main Messenger window (or press Alt-U if the
menu is hidden), then Preferences, then Messenger tab, and click 'Allow me to connect to
several accounts simultaneously'. Then you can start Messenger as many times as you want and
therefore log in using all three accounts.

Alternatively if you don't like Plus!, you can use something like A-Patch
(http://www.a-patch.tk), or Mess Patch (http://www.mess.be) to do the same thing -- in both
patches the option is labeled polygamy.

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"preben nielsen" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I had hoped that the next version of Messenger supported multiple accounts simultaneously -
>but no. it doesn't :-(
>
> I'd like to be logged in with 3 accounts at the same time. One for work, one for family and
> friends and one for gaming-contacts. Each identity with it's own email, name and
> display-picture - nothing in common. The identities should then be accessable in Messenger
> as tabs on the window and I should be able to be online with all three at once.
>
> Why have they not made something like that ??!?! I surely cannot be the only one with such
> needs ??? And implementing it should require one programmer working one day...
>
> Amazing....
>
>
> --
> /\ preben nielsen
> \/\
>

also you can use another chat application that allows this

like gaim or trillian (www.trillian.cc)

"preben nielsen" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I had hoped that the next version of Messenger supported multiple accounts
>simultaneously - but no. it doesn't :-(
>
> I'd like to be logged in with 3 accounts at the same time. One for work,
> one for family and friends and one for gaming-contacts. Each identity with
> it's own email, name and display-picture - nothing in common. The
> identities should then be accessable in Messenger as tabs on the window
> and I should be able to be online with all three at once.
>
> Why have they not made something like that ??!?! I surely cannot be the
> only one with such needs ??? And implementing it should require one
> programmer working one day...
>
> Amazing....
>
>
> --
> /\ preben nielsen
> \/\
>