Vista - Trouble adding a contact with a Yahoo email addy

09-14-2008

Hi.

I added a new contact to my Windows Live Messenger earlier and we were
chatting. I lost power here, and when it came back on, I relogged in Windows
Messenger and the contact was gone.

When I tried to re-enter their email address to add them again, it said this
person has to have a .net passport account. This was strange because we were
talking earlier just fine. What happened? I don't want to make them have to
sign up with MSN to chat with me and I don't want to use Yahoo messenger.

Any help is appreciated.

09-14-2008

Greetings,

The Yahoo interoptability isn't that reliable and is frequently down or malfunctioning. That
said, I suggest you just try again.

Also, just to double-check, the format for adding a yahoo contact is YahooID@xxxxxx.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"sweetgal" <sweetgal@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Hi.
>
> I added a new contact to my Windows Live Messenger earlier and we were
> chatting. I lost power here, and when it came back on, I relogged in Windows
> Messenger and the contact was gone.
>
> When I tried to re-enter their email address to add them again, it said this
> person has to have a .net passport account. This was strange because we were
> talking earlier just fine. What happened? I don't want to make them have to
> sign up with MSN to chat with me and I don't want to use Yahoo messenger.
>
> Any help is appreciated.

09-14-2008	#1 (permalink)
sweetgal n/a posts	Trouble adding a contact with a Yahoo email addy Hi. I added a new contact to my Windows Live Messenger earlier and we were chatting. I lost power here, and when it came back on, I relogged in Windows Messenger and the contact was gone. When I tried to re-enter their email address to add them again, it said this person has to have a .net passport account. This was strange because we were talking earlier just fine. What happened? I don't want to make them have to sign up with MSN to chat with me and I don't want to use Yahoo messenger. Any help is appreciated.
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09-14-2008	#2 (permalink)
Jonathan Kay [MVP] n/a posts	Re: Trouble adding a contact with a Yahoo email addy Greetings, The Yahoo interoptability isn't that reliable and is frequently down or malfunctioning. That said, I suggest you just try again. Also, just to double-check, the format for adding a yahoo contact is YahooID@xxxxxx. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation -- "sweetgal" <sweetgal@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:77E0132F-C66E-42E5-B9F9-4CE7E0217B48@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi. > > I added a new contact to my Windows Live Messenger earlier and we were > chatting. I lost power here, and when it came back on, I relogged in Windows > Messenger and the contact was gone. > > When I tried to re-enter their email address to add them again, it said this > person has to have a .net passport account. This was strange because we were > talking earlier just fine. What happened? I don't want to make them have to > sign up with MSN to chat with me and I don't want to use Yahoo messenger. > > Any help is appreciated.
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