cannot login to MSN using iChat

[aldorande]

I'm using Mac OS X 10.6.2 and I think that was working in the past: I used to be able to chat with my MSN contacts.

Now I get this error

iChat can't communicate with the jabber account "...@hotmail.com".
The operation couldn't be completed. Operation timed out

I checked my password, and it is correct. I can check my Hotmail emails using those credentials.

I didn't change the server settings as well.
Any other ideas?

 

[mwxiao]

MSN is not a jabber account. iChat itself doesn't support MSN account. You have to google some work around for it to work. But it still has lots of problems.

 

[instaxgirl]

Adium is an excellent IM application for mac that supports MSN (and a whole host of others including facebook chat).

Give it a try, easier than trying to get iChat to work.

 

[aldorande]

I know Adium, but that's not what I want. I prefer to get Apple iChat to work.

I am sure at 90% that I was abler to get it to work some days ago. I don't know if some Mac OS upgrade ****ed that up. And I didn't need any MSN Messenger, Psi or Adium for that.

can anybody confirm that I didn't dream? is anybody using MSN IM through iChat?

Edit: in the meanwhile I downloaded MSN Messenger for Mac and that is working. But I like the "All in one app" concept, that's why I'd follow up on that.

 

[stu212]

You just dreamt this. It's not possible at all and never was. It has never worked only if you use psi and the jabber workaround.

 

[hassoon]

msn on ichat ?

hi i'm new to the mac world! is there anyway that i can open my hotmail account on ichat?! if you wanna suggest any mac app please let be safe . thank you !

 

[InfoSecmgr]

hi i'm new to the mac world! is there anyway that i can open my hotmail account on ichat?! if you wanna suggest any mac app please let be safe . thank you !

Either this was a sarcastic post or there is all kinds of things wrong with it...