Summary: To use your Yahoo account in MSN Messenger, you first need to make a .NET Passport using your Yahoo email address.
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How can I get a Yahoo account in MSN messenger to work? I know is not science fiction or something because I have seen it work. |
Using your Yahoo account - or any other account - in MSN Messenger isn't science fiction, but it's not really science fact either. It's a slight misunderstanding.
But using your Yahoo account to get at MSN Messenger is quite possible. It's just not quite what you think.
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For all practical purposes, Yahoo and MSN don't talk to each other. So using your Yahoo account to log in to MSN Messenger doesn't work.
MSN Messenger uses the .NET Messaging Service, and along with it, the .NET Passport service for your account.
Passport takes an email address as your ID. While most are probably Hotmail addresses (since that's where passport originates), any email address will actually do.
Even your yahoo mail address.
So therein lies the key: simply create a .NET Passport account using your Yahoo email address. It'll kinda-sorta feel like you're using your Yahoo account, but you're not. You're logging in via Passport.
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Article C2162 - August 23, 2004
yea you really answer my question thanks
Posted by: trissica at January 4, 2007 10:23 AMHi. Good articles. I can't find a link that allows me to create a .NET passport for non hotmail addresses - it seems that we're locked-in (which I find very disagreeable). Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks.
Posted by: Glenn Smith at January 19, 2007 6:26 AMI was wondering if I appear online to both my msn and yahoo buddies when I use MSN live?
Posted by: Cibu at October 11, 2007 5:09 PMPossibly a related question: I'm trying to send email from Yahoo.com mail to someone who uses MSN.com -- but my messages are NOT received.When I email same person using another email service, they get them with no problem.
Posted by: Don Om at April 11, 2008 8:01 PMHow do you create a net passport ?
Posted by: Amy at May 25, 2008 5:00 PMWill this work on a Cell Phone? ( mobile device ) because ive tried to. ive gotten a passport and ive been abled to use it on the computer. but not with my phone. and the choices that would actually work are Hotmail and MSN. for the email ex.( name@hotmail.com name@live.com) theres also a choice with different email. ive tried to with ( Name and chosed different email. didn't work. i tried then. ( Name@yahoo.com ) different email i selected. but overall it still failed.
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"How to use any email add with msn messenger?"
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Posted by: IRIS at September 11, 2008 6:03 PMi wanna ask something....
how can i open my yahoo messenger?
evrytime i tried to open it.. it says something "your account has been locked"...
please give me some answer... thx
Posted by: Shiela at October 27, 2008 1:34 AMNew Question:
Posted by: Erick Sergio Alpaca Julian at December 26, 2008 2:15 PMCan I use my MSN o Hotmail Account in Yahoo Messenger or have Yahoo a passport services, similar with msn microsoft?
how can i open a new yahoo messenger account
Posted by: sola at March 4, 2009 11:05 PM