Can't connect with MSN Messenger on Mac OS X

[Vlad Vinogradsky]

I have a G5 with the latest version of OS X. I installed Office for OSX and
every app works fine. Machine is connected to the Internet and browsing and
email are flawless. When I run Messenger and try to sign in it immediately
returns with an error saying that it can't connet since either MSN service
is down or machine is not connected to the Internet. I checked my Passport
login and it works perfectly from the MSN site. Any idea about what's going
on?

Thanks,

-Vlad

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

Hi Vlad,

I have a G5 with the latest version of OS X. I installed Office for OSX and
every app works fine. Machine is connected to the Internet and browsing and
email are flawless. When I run Messenger and try to sign in it immediately
returns with an error saying that it can't connet since either MSN service
is down or machine is not connected to the Internet. I checked my Passport
login and it works perfectly from the MSN site. Any idea about what's going
on?

You might simply have to update MSN Messenger to the latest version
(since the old one is not supposed to be supported anymore). I have no
problem running it on my G5. The other reason why it could not work
might be that the corresponding network ports are blocked either in your
internal firewall or on the network you are on.


Corentin