Bring back the SIP support!

[Cory]

MSN Messenger is great, Windows Messenger is way behind in
features, but unfortunately I can only use WINDOWS
Messenger to communicate with both my colleagues and my
MSN-based contacts while I'm at work. C'mon, Microsoft,
bring back SIP support in MSN Messenger!! I saw no
mention of it in the MSN Messenger Beta info, and I can't
really expect much of Windows Messenger, which is still
painfully stuck at version 4.7. Any thoughts from anyone
on why this is the case?

[Michael Taylor]

Windows Messenger is on V5.1 and supports SIP.

You can download it from here....

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a8d9eb73-5f8c-4b9a-940f-9157a3b3d774&DisplayLang=en

HTH
Mike

"Cory" > wrote in message
...
> MSN Messenger is great, Windows Messenger is way behind in
> features, but unfortunately I can only use WINDOWS
> Messenger to communicate with both my colleagues and my
> MSN-based contacts while I'm at work. C'mon, Microsoft,
> bring back SIP support in MSN Messenger!! I saw no
> mention of it in the MSN Messenger Beta info, and I can't
> really expect much of Windows Messenger, which is still
> painfully stuck at version 4.7. Any thoughts from anyone
> on why this is the case?

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Cory,

MSN Messenger is on a completely different product path, SIP support won't be coming back any
time soon. At this point anyway, that's like asking for Exchange support in MSN Explorer,
it's just not for that segment of the market.
____________________________________________
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) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Cory" > wrote in message
...
> MSN Messenger is great, Windows Messenger is way behind in
> features, but unfortunately I can only use WINDOWS
> Messenger to communicate with both my colleagues and my
> MSN-based contacts while I'm at work. C'mon, Microsoft,
> bring back SIP support in MSN Messenger!! I saw no
> mention of it in the MSN Messenger Beta info, and I can't
> really expect much of Windows Messenger, which is still
> painfully stuck at version 4.7. Any thoughts from anyone
> on why this is the case?