Comments on: Leopard: Problems connecting to Windows Live Messenger using Adium

By: Julius

Julius — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:36:39 +0000

Okay, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’d just like to get the stuff I’ve added out from the hosts-file. I reverted to the backup but I still get this:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
65.54.239.20 messenger.hotmail.com
65.54.179.216 nexus.passport.com
65.54.183.203 login.live.com
65.54.239.20 messenger.hotmail.com

By: Julius

Julius — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:12:38 +0000

Ciao,

I’m using Leopard 10.5.4 and I’m still experiencing the problem even though I managed to succesfully add the lines to /etc/hosts. According to Craig Hunter at http://hunter.pairsite.com/blogs/blog20080603.html, the problem was with Leopard first asking a server for a SRV instead of the A that’s been widely used for ages even though it’s been a recommended standard for eight years. The problem was fixed by reverting back to the original way of handling things in 10.5.3, but one would think that the setup wouldn’t have been changed when moving to 5.4. I still have the problem, so this might’ve been the case. I tried another fix too with no results. Maybe you, dear Tarique, could try this same fix again remotely, in case I did something wrong?

Cheers,
Julius

By: Yonghwee

Yonghwee — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:28:51 +0000

Thanks for providing the snippet of code to remove the workaround! Am on OS X 10.5.3 and no problems whatsoever with Adium connecting to MSN.

Cheers!

By: Guilherme T.

Guilherme T. — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:04:22 +0000

Set your own DNS-Servers, under Network “Advanced…” –> DNS e.g.

208.67.222.222
&
208.67.220.220

Normally only your Router will be listed.

then:

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

After this, start Adium and enjoy

By: Tarique Naseem

Tarique Naseem — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:09:30 +0000

Hi Nashat,

I presume you’re the person that just contacted me via ichat. If so, sounds like you’ve got it sorted :)

By: nashat

nashat — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:40:21 +0000

I have Leopard and Adium 1.2.4.

Not only can I not log into my msn account on Adium, but Adium also randomly closes on me now and then. Do you know if anyone else had this problem? How do I fix it?

PS I tried the lines which you suggested in the original post, but I still couldn’t log into my msn account. I also did the check for it by typing “cat /etc/hosts” and I had put in the lines correctly. *despair*

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:39:56 +0000

I have Leopard and Adium 1.2.4.

Not only can I not log into my msn account on Adium, but Adium also randomly closes on me now and then. Do you know if anyone else had this problem? How do I fix it?

By: Greet

Greet — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:58:57 +0000

It works! I tried everything suggested on the Adium Trac but nothing worked, this finally did the trick and I’m so happy to be able to login again :D Thank you very much!

By: Taz

Taz — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:48:13 +0000

Wow, you do sound lost! :)

I presume, if you’re not using Adium, you’re using MSN Messenger. Adium will allow you to not only connect to MSN, but other networks, such as AIm, Google Talk, etc. You can download it from here http://www.adiumx.com/

The password you need to type is your user password. The one you use to log into your system.

If you’re unfamiliar with the Mac Terminal, then you might want to check out this link: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2001/12/14/terminal_one.html

Hope this helps!

By: Kata

Kata — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:35:28 +0000

Dear Tarique,
I’m as lost as one can possibly get; bought this mac the other day (never used one before), have the same problem with messenger although it worked fine for days, read and tried your advice, but don’t even know how to work with the terminal. When I open it, I get “terminal-bash-80.24″ but which password do I have to insert? What’s Adium? I am ever so sorry to be such a novice and ask stupid questions, but could you help?