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Date:      Thu, 25 Sep 2003 00:17:44 -0500
From:      Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>
To:        Anthony Carmody <anthony@carmoda.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: yahoo messenger
Message-ID:  <20030925051744.GB9754@polands.org>
In-Reply-To: <000a01c38323$3c085960$6600a8c0@carmoda3>
References:  <2063.192.168.1.4.1064465555.squirrel@probsd.org> <000a01c38323$3c085960$6600a8c0@carmoda3>

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On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 03:09:44PM +1000, Anthony Carmody wrote:
> well, i have not been able to connect for 24hrs myself.
> 
> I have heard rumours [gasp] that MSN and Yahoo are on a crusade to
> block third party clients using their transport. i don't know the
> weight of this in truth, but i must say that everyone i know who uses
> IM uses a third party client primarily to avoid Ads and such.  I use
> gaim myself. perhaps its the company i keep.
> 
Found this on the web searching for help:

  http://www.bigblueball.com/news2/article.asp?id=363

-- 
Regards,
Doug



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