Interesting their must be a bug

[Retten]

look at this email i got

ATTENTION: IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED FOR MSN AND WINDOWS MESSENGER USERS.

You are receiving this e-mail because you are a MSN Messenger or Windows
Messenger Service user.

As part of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative, Microsoft is
updating the .NET Messenger Service and providing you with an important
MSN Messenger or Windows Messenger security update.

If you are using MSN Messenger 5.0, Windows Messenger 4.7.2000, or MSN
Messenger for Mac 3.5, or any versions higher than these, you do NOT need
this security update. To find out which version you have, select the
'Help' menu in Messenger, then select 'About'. If you are using an older
version, or are not sure, please visit:
http://messenger.msn.com/Help/Upgrades.aspx
for an update.

NOTICE: If you are not using an updated version, you will be unable to
continue using your MSN Messenger or Windows Messenger Service.

Thank you for helping Microsoft further its commitment to helping you
protect your privacy and security online.

You can view the .NET Messenger Statement of Privacy at:
http://messenger.msn.com/Help/Privacy.aspx
and the .NET Messenger Service Terms of Use and Notices at:
http://messenger.msn.com/Help/Terms.aspx.

[LorentzForce]

the latest version is 6.0, isn't it? so any MSN before that is pretty old IMO...

[Rashiir]

It's made by Micro$oft. What do you expect?

[LorentzForce]

better than AIM and slowness of ICQ.

[Rashiir]

Not better than iChat AV.

[shooraijin]

> Not better than iChat AV.

Amen. If I could only afford an iSight ...

[LorentzForce]

but not many people have Macs. as in, not many people can install it on their computers, not the number of people you'll be accessing (because of AOL compatibility thing).

[Chazz]

trillian, people. trillian.

[Master Kenzo]

Yeah, that's pretty old. My impression (not sure if this is true though) of the protocol change was that Microsoft had problems with too many third-party programs knowing the MSN protocol, so Microsoft changed it somehow...I remember I couldn't use MSN on linux for a while.

[ShiroiHikari]

I always upgrade M$ products when it tells me to...so I've got MSN Messenger 6.2. *shrug*

[madphilb]

The problem with Trillian is that if you don't have certain updates to windows you can't access any of the MSN servers for it.

Frankly I use Yahoo Messenger, and while it's not much better than MSN or AIM, it's still pretty good (and I've got quite a few people I know who use it).

[Bobtheduck]

You got a message to upgrade in your e-mail? You may want to look at that with suspicion... The links appear real from this, but the original e-mail may have pointed you to fake links even though the text in the links were the real sites... You should never follow "upgrade" links from an e-mail.

[Mithrandir]

Bob is right. Always "cut and paste" links in emails, unless they are from someone you KNOW was meaning to send you something.

[Master Kenzo]

My dad received a fake e-mail from eBay the other night. It said "We have to verify your e-mail" and it didn't say reply to this e-mail, it said "login to the boxes below," so we put in a random username and password and it sent us to hform.com (a HTML form service) and redirected to half.ebay.com .

One way I could tell it was fake e-mail was because it used active voice - professionals rarely do, and there was two spaces in at least one spot.

Also, some people are stupid enough to leave their address in the "From" field. It's getting rarer though.

[Omega Amen]

Personally, I use Gaim, which is an open-source IM program that supports many IM protocols. The Gaim development team is decently responsive in fixing any problems when it comes to connecting to the various IM servers.

As for the e-mail, look at Bobtheduck's post.