Re: SP2 Messenger invokes Outlook?

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From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] (msnewsreplies_at_jonathankay.com)
Date: 08/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:59:23 -0400

Hi,

Yep, you'll have to use MSN Messenger 6.x to get this functionality back.
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"Stephen Harris" <Stephen_P_Harris@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Duane and Anne" <ddeen@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:dh5sh05rd168nvhiuin1dubkrmmoaba6lf@4ax.com...
>> Mine does the same as others here. 4.7.3000 does not have the Add-In on
>> the Tools menu anymore where you could download the msnaddin.exe file and
>> make 4.7 more like MSN Messenger. It also does not prompt you to install
>> it anymore. Does anyone know if you can just apply msnaddin.exe and gain
>> back this functionality?
>>
>> Duane
>
> Well, I think a switch to MSN Messenger 6.2 will work
> I just posted about this. In my first post in the thread I wrote:
>
> I think WM (Windows Messenger) 5.0 is already out. Some of the functionality
> has been transferred to MSN Messenger 6.2 which some people who install SP2
> and use Outlook will find useful now.
>
> This is a report of the second post:
>
> "DianaH" <nuttin@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:%23uZqjidgEHA.3272@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Stephen
>> I wasn't aware of 6.2 being out there. However, the the 6-series was
>> available. I kept seeing posts that recommended that XP (messenger) user
>> "not" use any of them.
>>
>> I checked MS's download site and the latest I see there WM is 4.7. > Do
> you know
>> where the later version is accessible from?
>> Thanks. Diana
>
> Yes, I do. I went to www.microsoft.com and clicked on downloads
> which is the second item down under _Resources_ That brought me to
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en
>
> That page shows the five Most Popular Downloads; below it is a
> little square box with a + inside it which expands if you click on it
> to show the next 45 downloads. Number 48 brings you to this link:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=77c3799f-6388-4193-8002-be55584c1ac1&displaylang=en
>
> Windows Messenger 5.0
> "Microsoft® Windows® Messenger allows real-time communication with other
> people who use Windows Messenger and who are signed in to the same instant
> messaging service. It is the instant messaging client of choice for
> businesses in managed environments."
>
> SH: #16 download, MSN Messenger 6.2, brings you to this link:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b5bfaee-4bfa-42bf-a42e-417d748cefa1&displaylang=en
>
> If you should ever need it. I am going to include some of my research on how
> to use Outlook (which will work for OE also) default email notification,
> your regular email account, and automatic email notification from Hotmail,
> now provided by MSN Messenger, which used to be provided by Windows
> Messenger. So this isn't relevant to you now, but may benefit others, they
> can run at the same time --- you (DianaH) can skip it. [SH: Applies to
> Duanne and Anne]
>
> ___________________________________________________
>
> SH: In either Outlook or Outlook Express you can have both your regular
> email account and another account(s) including hotmail.
>
> Suppose you already have a non-hotmail email account in Outlook
> and you want to add your hotmail email account. Use Tools,
> email accounts, add new account, choose http and the rest is
> fairly automatic, since it is a Microsoft program. It will look like this:
>
> Outlook
> Inbox
> Sent
> etc
>
> Hotmail
> Inbox
> Sent
> etc
>
> Click on the Inbox of the account that has new mail.
> So in IE under Tools, Internet Options, Programs
> set Email to Outlook and your Hotmail account will be
> contained in the Outlook display. If you reply or compose
> in Hotmail there, it uses your hotmail email address/server
> or you can use your other email address and its server. You
> can make standard account the default email client here and
> receive notifications when new email arrives = an envelope.
> MSN Messenger 6.2 can be set to notify you when email
> arrives sent to your hotmail/passport address = a big window.
>
> "Make An Email Account The Default [SH: from MS Help]
>
> If you are using more than one account, you can specify which account
> is the default so that it will be the first account to be processed.
>
> Microsoft Outlook sends your messages using the default account unless you
> click the Accounts button (next to the Send button) on the message to choose
> another account to use for that message.
>
> 1. On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.
> 2. Select View or change existing e-mail accounts, and then click Next.
> 3. In the list, click the e-mail account you want, and then click Set
> as Default."
>
> SH: You can make an icon for Outlook and/or MSN 6.2 for the
> desktop; then drag it to the taskbar to the right of "START" so
> it is available if your IE browser window is open. Some functionality
> of Windows Messenger is being transferred to MSN Messenger 6.2.
> MSN 6.2 can startup and signin automatically or it can be started
> automatically, not signed in, or only be started manually and signed in.
>
> You are welcome,
> Stephen
>
>
>

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