Re: Does MSN Messenger show up as internet usage?

Greetings,

The answer is yes, although how much traffic would depend on how Messenger is connecting.

First of all, the advertisements, tabs, etc. in Messenger are all downloaded from the web and
as such, certainly will appear as web traffic. As well as actually logging into the service.

If Messenger is making a direct connection to the service, it will be using its own protocol
and port, which will generate traffic as people sign in and off, but otherwise will be pretty
quiet. If Messenger is making a HTTP connection to the service, then it'll be constantly
probing the Messenger server for IMs and so on, in which case it would appear you're doing
more traffic (although it's still pretty low bandwidth).

You can check how Messenger is connected by opening up the main Messenger window, pressing
Alt to select the menubar, choosing the Tools menu, then Options, then Connection category
and after waiting a few seconds for it to enumerate the information, it will tell you right
at the top of the dialog.

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"Ceolas" <Ceolas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:18F46BC7-5FCB-44F6-9F07-B86338D3E45D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi!

I have MSN (not windows) Messenger at work, my previous work group used it
all the time, it was requested by our Director. However, I've moved jobs at
the same company, and this new group doesn't use it at all. But, it's still
on my computer and I'm logged on all day in case I need to communicate with
people in my old area. Does anyone know if this will show up as internet
usage? Like surfing the net would? They are pretty strict about that here
and I don't want to appear as if I am just playing on the web all the time
when really I just have MSN messenger open.

Thanks for your help!


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