Web-based MSN for OSX?

Vixen · 28 Sep 2008 at 16:59

I have a macbook which I take to uni and use wifi to browse the internet etc between lectures, but I can't get msn to work on their network. I have seen people with windows laptops using msn, but they might be using a slightly different network. For some reason the university doesn't support macs at all and so mac users can only connect to the unsecured version of the network!

I have tried to get the Microsoft web messenger to connect, but apparently it doesn't like Safari or OSX. It doesn't really help that this is my first mac, so I don't really know my way around the OS yet.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get msn running?

Thanks

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smogsy · 28 Sep 2008 at 17:01

you could try Firefox to use Msn Web messager there are loads alternative web messagers if you google

barnettgs · 28 Sep 2008 at 17:02

Firefox will work with Microsoft Web MSN, I tried it a few months ago.

PardonTheWait · 28 Sep 2008 at 17:09

http://www.ebuddy.com/ works with Safari

Vixen · 28 Sep 2008 at 17:20

I tried Firefox but couldn't get it to work

. Thanks for the link Mohinder, that's working perfectly on my home network so hopefully it will do the same at uni!

CliffyBiro · 28 Sep 2008 at 17:24

http://www.meebo.com ?

Cybertronic · 28 Sep 2008 at 18:32

Which MSN client were you using Vixen?

You can use a native client instead of a web-based one by changing the proxy to HTTP rather than using the standard proxy that MSN usually uses. I had to do this when I wanted to use Adium at my University.

gumbald · 29 Sep 2008 at 18:42

As above, make Adium connect using the HTTP method in accounts. Or use Microsoft Messenger when you're at uni and Adium at home to save having to change the preferences everytime?

Cybertronic · 29 Sep 2008 at 18:45

You don't have to change any preferences if you leave it on HTTP since it should work anywhere