Jonathan
Thu Apr 15 18:29:16 CDT 2004
Hi Erik,
It might be back in the future, to be honest, I don't think it's very high on the priority
list at this point however.
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources -
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"Erik" <erik.nospammers@wiredplanet.net> wrote in message
news:OvV31kyIEHA.3240@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Jonathan,
>
> Thanks for your insight! It's too bad there's not a method to do this. I
> would love to drop a specially-encoded URL into my e-mail sig and allow
> people to automatically start a IM session with me.
>
> Hmmm . . . maybe something MS can think about in future MSNM releases. Who
> knows? :-)
>
> Best Regards,
> Erik
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
> news:u7jtoHyIEHA.2764@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Greetings Erik,
>>
>> Unfortunately you can't, due to some security issues back with this type
> of functionality in
>> MSN Messenger 4.5 and it was removed.
>> ____________________________________________
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources -
http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>
>> "Erik" <erik.nospammers@wiredplanet.net> wrote in message
>> news:ONWEtwxIEHA.2928@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> > There's just got to be someway to do this:
>> >
>> > I know AIM users and YAHOO! chat client users have a method in which a
>> > specially encoded URL string will launch their IM clients from a link
> and
>> > initiate a chat session with the specified user. How in the world can I
> do
>> > this with MSN Messenger? I've looked everywhere, googled, etc. no luck
>> > whatsoever . . .
>> >
>> > Please someone enlighten me! :-)
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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