Re: Messenger 4.7 thinks it's signed in but isn't!

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Greetings Richard,

This could be the result of a proxy in place on your network or service provider which is
timing out your connection. You may want to try MSN Messenger instead which uses a newer
version of the protocol which usually defeats this timing out conditions fairly well:
http://messenger.msn.com/download
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"Richard Wagstaff" <rwagstaff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Although Windows Messenger is showing it's signed in, other Windows Messenger users are
> telling me that I'm off-line. I'm only aware that I've dropped off-line when I attempt to
> send an instant message - after a minute or so I get a dialogue telling me that my message
> couldn't be delivered and the sign-in screen appears. I seem to be dropping off the
> messenger network after a few minutes.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard
>


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