Message from M$ whilst using Gaim

[Brian Kelsay]

Jim Herrmann wrote:

> I would guess that you are using MSN messaging, and not AIM.  Thus you 
> are going through M$ servers, and they don't recognize your client, so, 
> obviously, you need the latest M$ client.  I would just block that sender.
> David Ryman wrote:
> 
>> I'm using Gaim (v0.59.8) with a hotmail address on SuSE (8.2) Linux 
>> PC. Soon after starting it up I receive an IM from M$ as follows:-
>>
GAIM interoperates w/ AIM, MSN, Yahoo and others.  You may want to see 
if there is a newer GAIM version that responds as expected to their 
queries of your client.

-- 
A Computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard.
-as seen on IRC