Re: Mac iChat compatibility

Greetings,

I'm afraid not, Messenger does not operate on the same networks that iChat can (Jabber/AIM)
nor is the video support presently used in iChat compatible with what Messenger is using.

However, what you can do is install AIM (http://www.aim.com) on your PC and communicate to
her (her using iChat, you using AIM) using that.
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"Samantha" <samnob.donotspam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:91C0A52D-E195-4C13-94CD-1E4DE76492DE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My sister has a mac, but I like her anyway :) and would love to be able to
> chat with her. However, I work for a company that only allows us to use MS
> Messenger and Windows Messenger. Are either of these compatible with iChat?
>
> PS> It's no use trying to get her to install MSMessenger for Mac. She's
> tried, but she's hopeless. :0
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Regards,
> Samantha


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