I'm displayed offline

compu...@gmail.com

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Jul 23, 2006, 12:29:00 PM7/23/06

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Hey,

I'm a user of WLM 8.0, MSN Messenger for PocketPC and GAIM.

When I log-in and am in a convo with someone, I am displayed offline to
them. Some messages bounce back to them, though some aren't. My status
is online.

This problem started when I started to use MSN Messenger for PocketPC,
along with WLM 8.0. I am displayed offline regardless of the client
(I've tried WLM, MSN Messenger for PocketPC and GAIM 2.0 B3).

It is perhaps noting my account has Yahoo! interoperability.

Suggestions?

vicio...@googlemail.com

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Jul 23, 2006, 12:32:34 PM7/23/06

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The moral of the story is, don't use M$ products. You say you're using
Gaim, so why not use an open protocol too? Try jabber. I you really
need ot contact people who will only use MSN then get a yahoo account
since you can now talk seamlessly between yahoo and msn. Then you can
just add the yahoo account to gaim and voila.

compu...@gmail.com

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Jul 23, 2006, 1:07:58 PM7/23/06

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Incidently, I've also tried Trillian Pro (the latest build)

compu...@gmail.com

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Jul 23, 2006, 1:52:07 PM7/23/06

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But it does work in Windows Messenger...

compu...@gmail.com

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Jul 23, 2006, 2:00:54 PM7/23/06

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And when I log-in to Trillian now it works... curious.

Jonathan Kay [MVP]

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Jul 23, 2006, 10:43:17 PM7/23/06

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Greetings,

When you log into Windows Messenger, your account (on the server-side) is actually reset
partially as Windows Messenger uses an extremely older version of the protocol. I'm
personally not completely aware of the details, but this is has been known to fix things in
the past.

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compu...@gmail.com

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Jul 24, 2006, 11:51:56 AM7/24/06

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They were my thoughts. :D

compu...@gmail.com

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Jul 24, 2006, 3:11:07 PM7/24/06

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I think the problem is that somehow MSN14 disagrees with MSN for
PocketPC (don't know protocol number).

Jonathan Kay [MVP]

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Jul 24, 2006, 3:45:52 PM7/24/06

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Hi,

I've forgotten which version of the protocol the PocketPC client uses. The older versions of
the client that came with Windows Mobile 2003 (out of the box) aren't even compatible with
the service and haven't for a long time.

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jshaw

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Jul 24, 2006, 6:46:02 PM7/24/06

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I am also displayed offline when I am using my PC or for some people at
least. Please can you explain why. It's not everyone I think it's just people
with windows live messenger but it has only happened in the last 5 days. I
have tried uninstalling then re-installing but it hasn't had any effect.