Same problem that a lot of people also have.
It's actually the 11th of september and I can't connect.
Can we get some help please?

This was a server-side problem, should be working again now.

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"florida_flutterby_girl" <florida_flutterby_girl@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I installed a series of MS updates yesterday. Messenger worked fine before
> the install, but now I can't connect. My connections to everything else work
> just fine. I have re-started the computer. I ran the troubleshooter.
> Nothing.
>
> I get error code 81000306.