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More info?)
Because to do multiple users, Messenger would have to support multi-point which is actually
quite complicated (and still considered a feature enterprise customers pay extra for).
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
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"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Why is it like that?.. has anybody ever asked MS for more?
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> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
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>> Yep, voice is still one-on-one.
>> ____________________________________________
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
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>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
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>> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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>>> Jonathon
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>>> Thanks for that.. older versions would not do that as I remember.. is the restriction
>>> still on using voice if there is more than two in conference?..
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>>> Mike Hall
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>>> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OBonoZoIFHA.1416@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi,
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>>>> Actually, MSN Messenger 6+ can "transmit" your Webcam to as many people as you like.
>>>> ____________________________________________
>>>> Jonathan Kay
>>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>>>> Associate Expert
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>>> Messenger Resources -
http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
>>>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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>>>> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>> news:eD3p$5lIFHA.3164@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>> MSN Messenger and the Windows variant can both transmit webcam images/video, but only
>>>>> to somebody on your friends list and even then to only one person.. I doubt if this is
>>>>> what you want to achieve, but your biggest problem is that nobody understands what you
>>>>> are trying to do, or why..
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>>>>> This may be helpful to you..
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http://www.webcamsoft.com/en/products.html
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>>>>> Mike Hall
>>>>> MVP - Windows Shell/user
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>>>>> <billurie@nospam.org> wrote in message news:eG9liYkIFHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>D Mazzetti wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <#dhQombIFHA.576@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>, billurie@nospam.org says...
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>>>>>>>>I'm new here, getting more familiar with MSN Messenger,
>>>>>>>>and like so many packages, it tries very hard to do things for me.....including
>>>>>>>>things I don't want it to do. I don't want it
>>>>>>>>starting whenever I boot up in Windows. I don't want its e-mail
>>>>>>>>system. And I'm having difficulty finding where to disengage
>>>>>>>>things I don't want.
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>>>>>>>>My real question of the day is, does Messenger have a way
>>>>>>>>to access using IP addresses?
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>>>>>>> You can stop Messenger starting at boot up by going to Tools, Options, General and
>>>>>>> then unticking 'Automatically run Messenger when I log on to Windows'
>>>>>>> You can't do anything about the email system as you need a hotmail email address to
>>>>>>> use Messenger anyway - just don't use it for your email if you don't want to. As far
>>>>>>> as I know, unlike Netmeeting, I don't think Messenger can connect using ISP
>>>>>>> addresses.
>>>>>>> Hope this helps
>>>>>> Thank you, DM. It seems to be painless to get a 'passport' and so
>>>>>> become available using Messenger. I do expect it to generate a
>>>>>> bunch of extra spam, but we can hancle that, too.
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>>>>>> William B. Lurie
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