Re: Invite to be a messenger contact

Greetings Tim,

Well, it has worked in the past. I just tried it now myself and nothing seemed to happen
however.

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"tim767" <> wrote in message
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> Hi There
>
> I wonder if you can explain how the "invite to be a messenger contact"
> facility in Windows Live Spaces works ?
> I have invited a number of people (and even sent an Invite to myslef as a
> "test") by hovvering over the pic/icon on the profile section of their spaces
> and always get the "an invitation...has been sent to..." but as yet, none of
> the invites have appeared to be delivered as I have had no response to the
> invites I have sent over the last few weeks.
> Does the "invite" function only work for people currently NOT using
> Messenger ??
> I know that people can accept/decline etc but Im not even sure if my invites
> are reaching the recipient's mailboxes.
>
> I would appreciate any comments that you may have.
>
> I am using Windows Live Messenger 8.1 beta.
>
> Many thanks
> --
> Tim (UK)

Hi,

Follow-up -- I was checking the wrong e-mail mailbox, the e-mail did come after all. Perhaps
yours are falling into a spam filter?

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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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"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> Greetings Tim,
>
> Well, it has worked in the past. I just tried it now myself and nothing seemed to happen
> however.
>
> --
> 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.
> --
>
> "tim767" <> wrote in message
> news:661A57CE-558B-4700-9133-...
>> Hi There
>>
>> I wonder if you can explain how the "invite to be a messenger contact"
>> facility in Windows Live Spaces works ?
>> I have invited a number of people (and even sent an Invite to myslef as a
>> "test") by hovvering over the pic/icon on the profile section of their spaces
>> and always get the "an invitation...has been sent to..." but as yet, none of
>> the invites have appeared to be delivered as I have had no response to the
>> invites I have sent over the last few weeks.
>> Does the "invite" function only work for people currently NOT using
>> Messenger ??
>> I know that people can accept/decline etc but Im not even sure if my invites
>> are reaching the recipient's mailboxes.
>>
>> I would appreciate any comments that you may have.
>>
>> I am using Windows Live Messenger 8.1 beta.
>>
>> Many thanks
>> --
>> Tim (UK)
>
>

Hi Jonathan

thanks for the quick reply.......I guess I will just have to keep trying and
see if any get delivered in due course.

Happy New Year !

Regards
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Tim (UK)


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Follow-up -- I was checking the wrong e-mail mailbox, the e-mail did come after all. Perhaps
> yours are falling into a spam filter?
>
> --
> 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.
> --
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:294607E8-007C-4103-9C0C-...
> > Greetings Tim,
> >
> > Well, it has worked in the past. I just tried it now myself and nothing seemed to happen
> > however.
> >
> > --
> > 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.
> > --
> >
> > "tim767" <> wrote in message
> > news:661A57CE-558B-4700-9133-...
> >> Hi There
> >>
> >> I wonder if you can explain how the "invite to be a messenger contact"
> >> facility in Windows Live Spaces works ?
> >> I have invited a number of people (and even sent an Invite to myslef as a
> >> "test") by hovvering over the pic/icon on the profile section of their spaces
> >> and always get the "an invitation...has been sent to..." but as yet, none of
> >> the invites have appeared to be delivered as I have had no response to the
> >> invites I have sent over the last few weeks.
> >> Does the "invite" function only work for people currently NOT using
> >> Messenger ??
> >> I know that people can accept/decline etc but Im not even sure if my invites
> >> are reaching the recipient's mailboxes.
> >>
> >> I would appreciate any comments that you may have.
> >>
> >> I am using Windows Live Messenger 8.1 beta.
> >>
> >> Many thanks
> >> --
> >> Tim (UK)
> >
> >
>
>