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    Invalid Instant Messaging Address

    I'm trying to add a Hotmail contact as a Windows Live Contact and I get a comment back that the email address is invalid for Instant Messaging. Is there a list of valid email domains somewhere? I know that Hotmail and Live are okay.

    thks...


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    Jonathan Kay [MVP] Guest

    Re: Invalid Instant Messaging Address

    Greetings,

    I'm a bit confused, is what you're adding a @hotmail account, or are you simply trying to add
    them in Hotmail?

    Also the exact message you're seeing would be helpful to. Although there are some domains
    and IDs that aren't allowed by the service, but they wouldn't be Live IDs anyway.

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    >
    > I'm trying to add a Hotmail contact as a Windows Live Contact and I get
    > a comment back that the email address is invalid for Instant Messaging.
    > Is there a list of valid email domains somewhere? I know that Hotmail
    > and Live are okay.
    >
    > thks...
    >
    >
    > --
    > otown


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    Re: Invalid Instant Messaging Address

    Hi, I have an existing contact in Hotmail. the email address is xxxx.wanadoo.fr. In Windows Live I edit contacts to add them and enter the email address I have as the Instant Messaging Address. It then says:
    "The contact could not be sent to the server because the instant messaging address is invalid" .... so here I'm stuck.

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