Corporate Firewall probs

[Guest]

Is there any way to get messenger to work around a firewall, i.e. Proxomitron?
I am using MSN Web Messenger but it lacks some of the features.

Thanks

I have tried adding proxyserver into properties, but when I sign in it gives
me "the service could not be found - Please make sure you are connected to
the internet. 0x81000302

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Jay,

Actually Messenger tries a variety of ways to connect before failing, including whatever
configuration you have setup in Internet Explorer and tries connecting via HTTP on port 80.
More than likely your work has either blocked Messenger specifically, or they've blocked SSL
(required for Passport authentication).
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[Guest]

Thanks Jonathon
SSL is not blocked as I can use most HTTPS bank sites.
Must just be Messenger they have blocked.
It probably wont be long before they block MSN Web Messenger

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Jay,

Well, there's some other ones like:
http://www.wbmsn.net
http://www.e-messenger.net
http://www.msn2go.com

They can't block them all (okay maybe they can)
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.