Connecting to Microsoft Live Messenger problems

[paul.hermeneutic at gmail.com]

Thanks for your message, Mark.

Yes, after creating the account as MSN, entering my email address, and
entering my password, I save the account.

The Pidgin buddy list appears to be connecting, then issues the
following message.

    "Unable to authenticate: Authentication Failure"

OK ====  I tried it again and it appears to be working.  My apologies
for wasting your time.  I promise that I tried to recreate and enter
the password several times before requesting support.

Thanks for your help.  It appears to be working.


On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 16:18, Mark Doliner<mark at kingant.net> wrote:
> 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
>