MSN Messenger Connection Problem on OS X 10.5.5

Hi,

I am having issues with connecting to my MSN account via MSN Messenger. This seems to have occured since i last did a software update for my mac (it mentioned something about a security update at the time).

I have tried downloading various different chat clients such as Adium and amsn, but still cannot connect to login to my account/s.

I have tested on a pc that I have at home and that connects fine, so i guess it isn't my router or an issue with my MSN account itself. I made sure that I logged out correctly also.

When I try to connect using amsn I get the following error displayed:

Error connecting to server: couldn't open socket: connection refused


Has anyone else had this problem? Any ideas on how to fix, much appreciated.

Thanks,
Micsten

- I am using a MacBook Pro 4,1 if that helps any.

yer i sometimes get this aswell, its proberly MS cant be bothered to connect the mac MSN severs, to try and make us go to MS!!!
lol, no, i dont no why

I have exactly the same problem. Used to work fine.

I've tried official mac msn messenger, adium and amsn. amsn gives the error: couldn't open socket: connection refused.

It's very frustrating!

When I first bought my Mbp, I downloaded Microsoft Messenger for Mac v7.0.1 and it kept giving me an error saying "Incorrect username or password" while they were correct. I always had to switch to Windows in order to use it. It was like that for almost ten days but then suddenly, after I updated to 10.5.5 it worked. So I guess it's just a matter of time till it automatically fixes itself.

PS: I tried reporting that to Apple but got no response. Sad xD.

eskimoboi said:

I have exactly the same problem. Used to work fine.

I've tried official mac msn messenger, adium and amsn. amsn gives the error: couldn't open socket: connection refused.

It's very frustrating!

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Yes, I have also tried many other chat clients. The only one I can get to work so far is Skype.

Very odd.

I guess no one has found a solution to this yet?

I have almost the same problem .I have been trying to log onto my MSN account through Microsoft Messenger for Mac and keep getting the same error message. "Sign in to Microsoft Messenger failed because the service is not available or you may not be connected to the Internet." Its devastating

I use Mac OS X 10.4.10