Re: contact and I can't see each other

Greetings,

It sounds like the classic problem which is addressed in that blog entry. However, after
applying it you may need to delete and readd the contact yourself.

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"purplephilia" <> wrote in message
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> Ok, this one has quite a bit of backstory.
>
> I had my privacy settings set to only allow certain users to see me online.
> In my case, only one person was on this list. While I had this option in
> use, someone added me to their contacts. I signed on to MSN in order to
> accept their request to add me, but I didn't get an add notification. At
> that point I remembered that I had my privacy settings set to only allow
> users in my allow list to see me online. I changed that, but still didn't
> get an add request.
>
> I signed onto MSN through meebo.com and got the request, and accepted it
> while adding him at the same time. His name was added to my contact list on
> meebo, but he didn't get a notification that I wanted to add him. When I
> closed meebo and opened the messenger again, he wasn't on my list. I added
> him on messenger, but he still didn't get a notification. I deleted him and
> tried adding him again while he was online, still nothing. He tried adding
> me again and I never got the notification. I've viewed the list of people
> who have me added, and he isn't on it.
>
> I've uninstalled the messenger and re-installed, but that didn't change
> anything. I also went here:
> http://jtsang.blogspot.com/2006/10/w...-with-add.html
> and ran that file, but still nothing happened. I really want to be able to
> talk to my friend on MSN! Meebo isn't cutting it.