Anyone else using MSN Messenger seeing this?

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MazrimTaim

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I have not been able to log into MSN Messenger all day here in St. Petersburg Florida. Had problems yesterday before it came back up but so far all day not a thing.
 

RossMAN

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Feb 24, 2000
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Well I finally was able to login to MSN Messenger but all my contacts are GONE!, I'm hoping they'll restore it soon.
 

CromNogger

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I was able to log in a few minutes ago to discover no contacts as well - but i'm sure they'll come back. It's once again not working.
 

HansXP

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<< the lesson of the day: use aim and icq >>



For the 99.9% of the time it works, MSNm is, IMHO, the best IM client out there.
 

murdock2525

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Feb 23, 2001
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Gameboy idiots !
ICQ is bloated bullsh!t !!!
I have had the MSN problem since this morning and I don't think it is regional..Me in S. Fl and a friend in Detriot are having the same issue.
I dont know what it is but you can bet your ass M$ boyz are working on it .
 

Paulson

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Well, since everyone's contacts disappeared, I'm sure that the server(s) that store the contacts for all their users are still down or something's not working as of yet.

At least the service is back up.
 

abu

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Aug 4, 2000
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I just posted this exact same thing!

It happened to me today... I tried different computers, but all the messages are gone! :|
 

ProviaFan

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Mar 17, 2001
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I was having problems with it since yesterday afternoon. Earlier today, something really freaky happened; I was able to get logged in, but it had my username wrong, and I had the wrong contacts list! :confused:
Anyway, then it quit working again, and just about an hour ago, I was finally able to log in right, but my contacts list was hosed, as was my friend's contact list. (btw, I'm from southern Indiana, if that makes any difference).
It wasn't too much trouble to rebuild my list (hey, there's only about 3 people on it right now :)), but still, I feel sorry for those of you who had built up massive collections over time :(
 

ProviaFan

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Mar 17, 2001
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Dang, it looks like you're right. It's down again. :|

Anyway, does anybody have any idea what is up with their servers? I personally think they might be &quot;upgrading&quot; to Windows 2000 A/S, and have fscked something up in the process :)
 

Tripleshot

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Jan 29, 2000
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Its out on all my computers and if Msoft lost my buddy list,we are going to have words.:| Some of my buddy list is not recoverable.I had friends who are deaf and this is the only way we could comunicate. I sure can't call them up,and the only addy for them was the log on hotmail addy from the buddy list.
 

Paulson

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Feb 27, 2001
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Tripleshot, you didn't lose the list.

It's stored on their servers. It's just inaccessable at the moment.

The service is down. Hopefully they're restoring the contacts.
 

ProviaFan

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Mar 17, 2001
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Well, it's working now (for a moment, at least :)). I hope this was the last major downtime for it, and that it will be up from now on.
 

pulpp

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guys its working fine for me now, and my contacts are there :) just wanted to tell everyone


anyone else?