Re: Yahoo IM

From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/19/04 

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 02:30:19 -0500

>Kelly - Don't use it? As in don't use Yahoo Messenger? Where is that
>coming from?...

It meant, I don't use it, so can't offer any assistance. 

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"D." <d@no_usenet_email..org> wrote in message 
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> >"spwoods" <michspw@aol.com> wrote:
>>>I have down loaded yahoo IM but will not allow me to log
>>>in? Also don't know what to do to activate "out look
>>>Express". New at this and all this information is hard to
>>>follow.  >Appreciate any imput.
>
> "Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> wrote:
>>1.  Don't use it.
>>2.  Set Outlook Express as default mail client - Start/Run and type in:
>>MSIMN.EXE /REG
>
> Kelly - Don't use it?  As in don't use Yahoo Messenger?  Where is that
> coming from?...  Yahoo Messenger is a very popular IM program.  I use
> it.  All of my friends use it.  & in favor of MSN/Windows Messenger.
> With MSN Messenger, 80% of the time I've had it (going on a year now),
> I've had voice problems. Never webcam problems, or typing at each
> other problems, or file transfer problems...  But voice channel/server
> problems, or direct voice problems, as I am not sure how MSN works.
>
> Spywoods, go ahead and use Yahoo Messenger.  I've never had much
> problem with it.  (I have a couple of suggestions for you to get it
> running a couple of paragraphs down).
>
> As far as using Outlook Express, you need to use it with an email
> server that will work with it.  If you happen to have a free Yahoo
> email address, you can't use it with that.  But with most ISPs it will
> work.  I have Comcast cable.  To get it to work, I had to enter in my
> ID I use on Comcast, which is in my case my full email address, then I
> had to tell O.E. what name (address) the incoming email server at
> Comcast is, then also the name of the outgoing email server.
>
> Now back to Yahoo Messenger.  Yahoo has all kinds of chatrooms just
> like MS.  There are many people that use Yahoo Messenger instead of,
> or in favor of, MSN Messenger.  Your friends are probably using it, so
> you'll be able to IM them.  Voice & video too if you want.
>
> But you can even use both Yahoo Messenger & MSN/Windows Messenger at
> the same time. You can even use AOL's IM & another call ICQ.  You
> could use them all at the same time.   In fact you have Windows
> Messenger loaded & automatically running in Windows XP..  It is on the
> same network as MSN Messenger.
>
> I am a member of a Yahoo chatroom group. Not many of us use MSN
> regularly.   What we do - the MSN Messenger file transfer works very
> good.  & Yahoo Messenger's file transfer is lacking.  So if we want to
> transfer files we fire up MSN Messenger & transfer files.  Otherwise
> we run Yahoo all of the time.
>
> So - first, I don't know if it is necessary, but I think it is - have
> you gotten a Yahoo ID/email address?  It is free just like MS.
> Everyone I know uses a Yahoo ID with Yahoo Messenger.  Now, with your
> Yahoo ID/email address, when you enter in your ID in the sign-in
> window, only enter in the part of your Yahoo email address before the
> @ thingy.  That is your Yahoo ID.  And use the password you used when
> you signed up with Yahoo for your email address.
>
> Secondly, it doesn't happen often, in fact I can't remember when it
> happened before, but Yahoo has been down & up for the past several
> days.  An interent attack by someone/thing.  You might have tried when
> it was down.
>
> Thirdly - I recommend using an older version of Yahoo Messenger vs the
> new one.  The new one is version 6.0 or 6.something.  Do a search on
> the Internet & type in Yahoo 5.6.  Now go to control panel\add-remove
> & remove Yahoo version 6 before you install version 5.6.
>
> Ok.  Whether you use version 6 or version 5.6, & you still have
> problems, double click on the following to send Yahoo your feedback
> explaining your Messenger problem:
>
> http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/mesg/cgi_feedback
>
> Here is one in case you people overseas:
>
> http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/uk/mesg/cgi_feedback
>
> Hope that helps.  I am no expert.
>
>  D.

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