Connecting to Microsoft Live Messenger problems
Mark Doliner
mark at kingant.net
Mon Jul 6 17:18:30 EDT 2009
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:46 AM, <paul.hermeneutic at gmail.com> wrote:
> Many thanks for Pidgin. It is working well for me with Google.
>
> I am trying to setup a Pidgin account to my Microsoft Windows Live
> account. I am providing the email address and password for the
> Windows Live account. However, Pidgin never seems to be able to
> login.
>
> Pidgin 2.5.8
> (libpurple 2.5.8)
>
> Must I have a hotmail.com email address? What am I missing. Thanks
> for your help.
Hi Paul, it sounds like you're doing the right thing. No, Pidgin does
not require the email address to be @hotmail.com--it can be any email
address that is already registered as a Windows Live ID. Do you get
an error message when it doesn't connect?
-Mark
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