Trouble adding a contact with a Yahoo email addy

Hi.

I added a new contact to my Windows Live Messenger earlier and we were
chatting. I lost power here, and when it came back on, I relogged in Windows
Messenger and the contact was gone.

When I tried to re-enter their email address to add them again, it said this
person has to have a .net passport account. This was strange because we were
talking earlier just fine. What happened? I don't want to make them have to
sign up with MSN to chat with me and I don't want to use Yahoo messenger.

Any help is appreciated.

Greetings,

The Yahoo interoptability isn't that reliable and is frequently down or malfunctioning. That
said, I suggest you just try again.

Also, just to double-check, the format for adding a yahoo contact is .

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--


"sweetgal" <> wrote in message
news:77E0132F-C66E-42E5-B9F9-...
> Hi.
>
> I added a new contact to my Windows Live Messenger earlier and we were
> chatting. I lost power here, and when it came back on, I relogged in Windows
> Messenger and the contact was gone.
>
> When I tried to re-enter their email address to add them again, it said this
> person has to have a .net passport account. This was strange because we were
> talking earlier just fine. What happened? I don't want to make them have to
> sign up with MSN to chat with me and I don't want to use Yahoo messenger.
>
> Any help is appreciated.