Use your windows Msn,Yahoo etc. account with ichat!

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Use this guide if you want to access your msn/yahoo contacts in ichat

 

 

 

Step 1: Get your account set up

 

If you don’t have an MSN or Yahoo account, you need to create one. A hotmail account could be used for MSN. Create an MSN account at passport.net.

 

Step 2: Get a Jabber Client App

 

Since iChat has only basic support for Jabber, you need a Jabber Client Application to create a Jabber account. We’re going to use Psi, one of many Jabber Client Applications.

 

Go to PSI’s website psi.affinix.com and select the Mac OS version of PSI and the mirror server closest to you.

 

Download it, drag to you Applications folder and launch.

 

 

Step 3: Create a Jabber Account

 

Enter njs.netlab.cz ( some people are reporting a more stable connection with jabber.freenet.de )as your Jabber server. This is a server from the Czech Republic that supports the protocols we need. To find other servers, Jabber.org provides a list of servers you can choose from.

 

Enter your desired account info. Notice how it looks just like if it was an email address for that server. If the username is taken, it will let you know. Click on Register to continue.

 

Upon success, click OK.

 

Use Right Click to get the contextual menu from the server’s name and make your status Online.

 

Step 4: Register your IM Service with your Jabber server

 

Use Right Click to get the contextual menu from the server’s name and select Service Discovery.

 

From the Service Directory window, Use Control + Click to get the contextual menu from the desired Service and select Register.

 

(For msn use "MSN transport")

 

Enter your IM service login info. In this case, I’m entering my MSN Messenger login info.

 

Once completed. Quit Psi and Launch Address Book.

 

Step 5: Add Jabber formated usernames to Address Book

 

First, you need to know someone who has an MSN or Yahoo Messenger account. From Address Book create or edit a user and add a new IM username. Make sure you specify Jabber from the pulldown menu and replace their @ symbol with a % sign.

 

msn account name:

sireltonjohny@hotmail.com

 

jabber address format

sireltonjohny%hotmail.com@msn.netlab.cz

 

Step 6: Set up iChat for Jabber

 

From iChat, select the iChat Preferences. From the Accounts Panel, click add to Add a new Account.

 

Enter your Jabber account info.

 

Once the account is created. Select Jabber from the Window pulldown menu and make your Jabber status Available from the Jabber Buddy List.

 

From the Jabber Buddy List, Add a new buddy by clicking add button. It should find the Buddy we added earlier in the Address Book.

 

Search for your friend by typing their name on the search field then click on Select Buddy.

 

Done. You should now be able to chat with people on MSN Messenger right from iChat.

 

I only found 2 problems with this.

1. All your contacts have their email as their names which you have to go through manually to change

2. When i first logged in about 68 boxes popped up saying that someone added me, 68 because thats all my contacts

 

For original guide with pictures go here:

http://allforces.com/2005/05/06/ichat-to-msn-through-jabber/

 

Enjoy!

 

P.S. iChat has a much better GUI then other messenger programs I've used, i highly recommend this