Comment 8 for bug 513346

please try port number 1863

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 5:54 PM, LGB [Gábor Lénárt] <email address hidden> wrote:

> Aaaa, PPA, ok thanks. I've tried, the result is same, just as I can see,
> the UI is a bit redesigned :) But it says the same: "network error". If
> I open the account settings dialog, I see a red area saying:
> "Disconnected - Network Error". What is a bit odd, that in settings
> (advanced) I see:
>
> Server: messenger.hotmail.com
> Port: 0
>
> Port 0 sounds a bit odd for me, but it seems it's the default, since
> I've even tried to re-create the MSN account inside empathy now. And it
> seems I can't even edit it, well I can (I've tried 1863, afaik it should
> be the right port number), but after closing the window it says port 0
> again. Or is it normal, just some UI glitch? Anyway I've still the same
> problem even the 2.29.x stuff from the ppa, it seems.
>
> --
> MSN connection does not work: Network error
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513346
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> Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: Unknown
> Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: empathy
>
> Using MSN with empathy is almost impossible since most of the time it
> reports "Network error". Please note, that I have no problem with other IM
> clients using the same user. Also, there can't be major network problem: I
> am using 1Gbit LAN connection to the ISP's backbone network, also as I've
> mentioned, no problem with other clients. Also it's a bit misleading to show
> "edit contact" window, since user can't edit any setting which can solve
> this problem, I think :) It's up-to-date ubuntu karmic running on 32 bit x86
> platform.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Jan 27 17:32:02 2010
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: empathy 2.28.1.1-0ubuntu1
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.52-generic
> SourcePackage: empathy
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
>
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