Windows Messenger 8.x not working

Our company has started blocking "*.hotmail.com" (along with other popular
browser email URL's) to prevent users from using outside email within the
company.

Suddently my Windows Live Messener (8.1) no longer works.

A tech said in their blog 'The client needs to send web requests to
“*.hotmail.com�, “*.live.com�, and “*.msn.com"'...

Is there a way to tell Live Messenger to not send web requests to
"*.hotmail" so at least the chat part of IM will still function?

If not, Yahoo IM still works

Greetings Courtney,

Actually, in HTTP mode (which given what you're company is doing is probably the only option
for Messenger to connect), it is actually connecting to *.hotmail.com addresses as originally
Messenger was considered part of the Hotmail service. This dependency has carried on and
even today, Messenger still connects to messenger.hotmail.com.

On the plus side, at least Yahoo IM will allow you to talk to your Messenger contacts thanks
to the interoptability features. Also, you could use services like Meebo and the like.

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"Courtney" <> wrote in message
news:2C210D54-BC0B-471A-9A5E-...
> Our company has started blocking "*.hotmail.com" (along with other popular
> browser email URL's) to prevent users from using outside email within the
> company.
>
> Suddently my Windows Live Messener (8.1) no longer works.
>
> A tech said in their blog 'The client needs to send web requests to
> "*.hotmail.com", "*.live.com", and "*.msn.com"'...
>
> Is there a way to tell Live Messenger to not send web requests to
> "*.hotmail" so at least the chat part of IM will still function?
>
> If not, Yahoo IM still works