Bug in MSN Messenger, confirmation please.
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Use proxy server Type: HTTP Proxy Server: Proxy Address Port: 8080 4 - Try to connect to the server. With a network monitor / Winsock API calls tracer you should see: - A successful connect to proxy Server - A successful interchange of VER, CVR and USR commands, and a proxy disconnect - AN UNSUCCESSFUL CONNECTION ATTEMPT to (Proxy Address:80) when it should connect to (Proxy Address:8080), followed by the corresponding error message. 5 - If you change proxy address in both Proxy Server and Messenger to port 80 and it will work fine, but this is not the point. 6 - Another way to fool this bug is to add a second HTTP proxy Server on the local machine, configured on port 80. Eg: Internet <---> HTTP Proxy (on port 8080) <--intranet-> Local HTTP Proxy on port 80 <---> Messenger PS: This bugs affects MSN Messenger 5.0 and it seems to affect previous versions of Messenger also.
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Use proxy server Type: HTTP Proxy Server: Proxy Address Port: 8080 4 - Try to connect to the server. With a network monitor / Winsock API calls tracer you should see: - A successful connect to proxy Server - A successful interchange of VER, CVR and USR commands, and a proxy disconnect - AN UNSUCCESSFUL CONNECTION ATTEMPT to (Proxy Address:80) when it should connect to (Proxy Address:8080), followed by the corresponding error message. 5 - If you change proxy address in both Proxy Server and Messenger to port 80 and it will work fine, but this is not the point. 6 - Another way to fool this bug is to add a second HTTP proxy Server on the local machine, configured on port 80. Eg: Internet <---> HTTP Proxy (on port 8080) <--intranet-> Local HTTP Proxy on port 80 <---> Messenger PS: This bugs affects MSN Messenger 5.0 and it seems to affect previous versions of Messenger also.
Gabriel 2 wrote: Install MSN Messenger Well that's the bug, right there. You should be using email.
"I was in a computer game. Funny as hell, it was the most horrible thing I could think of."
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Use proxy server Type: HTTP Proxy Server: Proxy Address Port: 8080 4 - Try to connect to the server. With a network monitor / Winsock API calls tracer you should see: - A successful connect to proxy Server - A successful interchange of VER, CVR and USR commands, and a proxy disconnect - AN UNSUCCESSFUL CONNECTION ATTEMPT to (Proxy Address:80) when it should connect to (Proxy Address:8080), followed by the corresponding error message. 5 - If you change proxy address in both Proxy Server and Messenger to port 80 and it will work fine, but this is not the point. 6 - Another way to fool this bug is to add a second HTTP proxy Server on the local machine, configured on port 80. Eg: Internet <---> HTTP Proxy (on port 8080) <--intranet-> Local HTTP Proxy on port 80 <---> Messenger PS: This bugs affects MSN Messenger 5.0 and it seems to affect previous versions of Messenger also.
If only that were the only bug with MSN Messenger and HTTP proxies... :( Things that currently prevent me from using Messenger: 1) HTTP proxy requires NTLM authentication 2) Messenger doesn't like this. 3) Messenger also doesn't like the local proxy set up to convert basic authentication to NTLM authentication. 4) Messenger sucks. ---
But, oh god / Under the weight of life / Things seem / Brighter on the other side - David Matthews, Big Eyed Fish
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Gabriel 2 wrote: Install MSN Messenger Well that's the bug, right there. You should be using email.
"I was in a computer game. Funny as hell, it was the most horrible thing I could think of."