MSN offline messages

mico · 2007-07-04 12:07:26

Is there any client that would allow sending and receiving offline messages with MSN? With Kopete I can send and receive messages only when the other person is online.
http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page … mzone=show
Same with pidgin, but for pidgin maybe I have to just configure something...?

ralvez · 2007-07-04 12:43:48

I was under the impression that the problem here was MSN. In Pidgin if I send a message to an AOL user it goes even if they are not online, but if I do the same to an MSN it does not.
R.

Fatih · 2007-07-04 16:15:08

You could use Kmess

Here is a PKGBUILD

# Contributor: huseyin@linux-sevenler.org>

pkgname=kmess
pkgver=1.5pre2
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="KMess is a MSN Messenger client for Linux."
url="http://kmess.sourceforge.net/"
license=('GPL')
arch=('i686')
depends=('kdelibs')
source=(http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('33448565e9ad3e21ad5b951a5a3b4a29')

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
  ./configure --prefix=/opt/kde
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install
}

Cerebral · 2007-07-04 17:09:34

ralvez wrote:

I was under the impression that the problem here was MSN. In Pidgin if I send a message to an AOL user it goes even if they are not online, but if I do the same to an MSN it does not.
R.

MSN recently added offline message support - it's a relatively new feature afaik.

mico · 2007-07-04 19:49:55

Fatih wrote:

You could use Kmess

Does it work for you? I installed it with your PKGBUILD, but the "chat" menu item is grayed out for offline users. I can only send mail to them.

Fatih · 2007-07-04 20:32:39

I don't know if it works or not, but on the homepage of kmess, this is written :

""Receive nudges, winks, emoticons and offline-im messages.""

And there is AMSN. I've used it, and it's possible to send and receive offline messages.

bsdson.tw · 2007-07-05 08:20:38

@Fatih:

Thanks for your PKGBUILD.

But I got "build failed" with following messages:

[bsdson@henrylee kmess]$ makepkg
==> Entering fakeroot environment
==> Making package: kmess 1.5pre2-1 (四 7月 5 16:12:16 CST 2007)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Found kmess-1.5pre2.tar.gz in build dir
==> Validating source files with md5sums
kmess-1.5pre2.tar.gz ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
-> tar -xf kmess-1.5pre2.tar.gz
==> Removing existing pkg/ directory...
==> Starting build()...
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
... (skip)
checking for libjpeg... -ljpeg
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl

checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.2 and < 4.0) (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation!

For more details about this problem, look at the end of config.log.
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
==> ERROR: Build Failed. Aborting...
[bsdson@henrylee kmess]$

And I do have qt installed:

[bsdson@henrylee kmess]$ pacman -Qs qt
...(skip)
local/qt 3.3.8-4
The QT gui toolkit.
local/qt4 4.3.0-1
The QT gui toolkit.

Is there anything I missed?
Thank you very much.

BR

bsdson.tw · 2007-07-05 08:50:48

Oops!

I've got the problem!
That is because my environment variable "QTDIR" is set to "/opt/qt4".
Just reset to "/opt/qt" (by command "export") and everything goes fine.

Thanks.

mico · 2007-07-05 16:18:23

Thanks, Fatih! AMSN works!

Filosofem · 2007-07-08 04:05:45

Works perfectly with Pidgin.

Cerebral · 2007-07-08 19:27:37

Filosofem wrote:

Works perfectly with Pidgin.

Howso? When I try to send an MSN message to someone who's offline, it says "Could not send message, user is offline."

jinn · 2007-10-24 07:23:03

I think he is using the offline message emulation plugin for pidgin.. but thats not real offline messaging.. When I check pidgins roadmap site it shows that msnp14 is implemented, but I cant see any new features of msnp14.. Maybe its still not fully implemented, maybe it only works with the monotone version?

ralvez · 2007-10-24 11:24:54

Jinn,

This is an old thread. Look at the last message date: 2007-07-08 @ 13:27:37

R.

Cerebral · 2007-10-24 11:34:10

Yeah, but it's still relevant. msnp14 implementation is done, but it hasn't been stuck in a Pidgin release yet. Maybe 2.2.2?

jinn · 2007-10-24 14:40:37

not that old . still relevant i think, since offline messaging still does not work for pidgin. They releasted 2.2.2 today I believe.

Arch Linux

#1 2007-07-04 12:07:26

MSN offline messages

#2 2007-07-04 12:43:48

Re: MSN offline messages

#3 2007-07-04 16:15:08

Re: MSN offline messages

#4 2007-07-04 17:09:34

Re: MSN offline messages

#5 2007-07-04 19:49:55

Re: MSN offline messages

#6 2007-07-04 20:32:39

Re: MSN offline messages

#7 2007-07-05 08:20:38

Re: MSN offline messages

#8 2007-07-05 08:50:48

Re: MSN offline messages

#9 2007-07-05 16:18:23

Re: MSN offline messages

#10 2007-07-08 04:05:45

Re: MSN offline messages

#11 2007-07-08 19:27:37

Re: MSN offline messages

#12 2007-10-24 07:23:03

Re: MSN offline messages

#13 2007-10-24 11:24:54

Re: MSN offline messages

#14 2007-10-24 11:34:10

Re: MSN offline messages

#15 2007-10-24 14:40:37

Re: MSN offline messages

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