Some messenger protocols being blocked?

[Christopher Lees]

On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 04:07 +0000, ubuntu-au-request at lists.ubuntu.com
wrote:

> I am having issues connecting to the MSN protocol using GAIM. I have
> been trying for several weeks now to no avail. A reliable source told me
> that Microsoft have begun blocking users who try and use the MSN
> protocol with a third-party client. i.e. GAIM. Is this true? And if so,
> how long would it be before other companies do the same thing such as
> ICQ and Yahoo?
> 
> Chris Jones

I am using Gaim 2 beta 4, without troubles.

However, a little while back I couldn't get into MSN (their server
must've been down), so I tried using aMSN. Not only did this not work at
the time, but aMSN doesn't connect even now when I know the MSN server
is working.