Alternative to Adium

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testing123

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#24572 28-Jul-2008 09:15

i have been using Adium for ages and to be honest i quite like it, though today it's started doing some weird things.

The most annoying of which is only displaying my online MSN contacts for a few minutes, then they disappear and i'm left with only my online Gmail contacts. Is this a known bug or do i need a re-install.

...and if in need of a re-install, is there an alternative client worth looking into? i really only use MSN and Gmail these days, but also have yahoo and ICQ on the backburner (never really bother to sign them in anymore)

any advice appreciated. :)

gehenna

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#152001 28-Jul-2008 10:24

Adium is the best you'll get imo, so I'd try uininstalling completely (delete the plist etc as well as the app), reinstall and test if out for a few hours. If you're still having problems give something like aMSN a go to see if its actually Adium that's at fault, or your connection to the MSN network.

testing123

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#152003 28-Jul-2008 10:26

yeah, i have the standalone MSN client installed too... and my connection is fine.

re-install it is.... for now at least.

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#152012 28-Jul-2008 11:02

I know there have been problems with adium recently. I have a few friends with macbook pro's and they all say, along with me, that adium crashes all the time and drops their connection to MSN frequently. I did a full reinstall and i havent had problems for a while.