Tarique Naseem

It appears that some users, like myself, have been having problems connecting to the Windows Live Messenger service using Adium. Apparently the problem is with Adium 1.1.3 itself, and there is a fix in the works.

However, you can perform a temporary fix in the meantime, which has worked for me, as long as you’re comfortable working in the terminal. Basically, you need to add the following lines to your /etc/hosts file:

65.54.179.216 nexus.passport.com
65.54.239.20 messenger.hotmail.com
65.54.183.203 login.live.com

To do this, run up Terminal and follow the quick step by step below:

sudo su (enter your password)
cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.bak
echo 65.54.239.20 messenger.hotmail.com >> /etc/hosts
echo 65.54.179.216 nexus.passport.com >> /etc/hosts
echo 65.54.183.203 login.live.com >> /etc/hosts
exit

Just remember, this is a temporary fix until Adium is updated. I suspect you’ll have to remove these changes once you update, in which case simply enter the following:

sudo su (enter password)
cp /etc/hosts.bak /etc/hosts
exit

Thanks to the peeps at CocoaForge for the tips. :)

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