Shoutbox

Like i said in the other topic:

Accept it and log into http://ideas.live.com/mainpage.aspx

It will say...

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Welcome, <NAME>
Thanks a lot for being part of Windows Live Ideas. You're a member of following invitation only beta(s):

• Windows Live™ Messenger beta

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Then you're sure you are on the invite only beta. You'll know when you're in the managed beta anyway since you'll get access to Connect and private newsgroups then.

Mine says "exclusive", but still, how did I get it?

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Originally posted by Itsme-HcK
Mine says "exclusive", but still, how did I get it?

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read the mail again, instructions are included (eg: "join now" and that stuff)

You don't get my question, do you?
Let's put it this way: Why did I receive a( n) (invite) mail to join the bètatesters? Why me? I didn't apply somewhere, and I didn't ask someone for an invite...

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Originally posted by Itsme-HcK
You don't get my question, do you?

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I do get it, though I might have misinterpreted it (be a bit more clear next time )

Your question was "how?", not "why?" and since ipab already asked if you were in the beta chat and you didn't answered him I assumed you were and that was that.

anyways,

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Originally posted by Itsme-HcK
Let's put it this way: Why did I receive a( n) (invite) mail to join the bètatesters? Why me? I didn't apply somewhere, and I didn't ask someone for an invite...

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- Someone send you an invite
- You are already part of some other (beta) program
- You have been in contact with MSN before (bug report, (beta) chat, whatever)
- A mixup has occured
- Microsoft feels you're very special


edit: @ipab: oops corrected

seems like my theory doesn't hold, many other people who were in the beta chat yesterday didn't get an invite like me. Perhaps it might have been a random selection out of the beta chat members.

offtopic:
cookie its ipab

wait, so non-beta testers could join a beta chat? which chat would that be?

no, probably a beta tester gave them the link to the chat and the password to get into it.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
- Someone send you an invite
- You are already part of some other (beta) program
- You have been in contact with MSN before (bug report, (beta) chat, whatever)
- A mixup has occured
- Microsoft feels you're very special

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It can only be the first (Someone send you an invite) or the last (Microsoft feels you're very special), since I didn't join a beta program and I didn't contact MSN.
Let's hope for the last then.

Btw, I wasn't in the beta chat.

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Originally posted by ShawnZ
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thread-index: AcYBYZmVaE3SAyoqQcSpDrUbTuLDMg==
Thread-Topic: Download the Windows Live Messenger Beta
From: "Windows Live Beta" <msnbetax@microsoft.com>

The header should look something like that if it's offical.

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These are the headers that came with my email:

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Originally posted by Invitation Email
X-Message-Info: 3EOrx6bGBfDiEV313rJTcPM6SqUHSRr/fkWb1ochiXc=
Received: from servera03.cpsmtpout2.msn.com ([207.46.132.143]) by bay0-mc9-f17.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211);
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thread-index: AcYFRTmDjV8KkcO1TqyG2QKzI7FErQ==
Thread-Topic: Join the Windows Live Messenger beta
From: "Wndows Live Beta" <msnbetax@microsoft.com>
To: <my email address>
Subject: Join the Windows Live Messenger beta
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 01:10:30 -0800
Message-ID: <3b01601c60545$39833420$9515280a@phx.gbl>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
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X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
Importance: normal
Priority: normal
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Return-Path: msnbetax@microsoft.com
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Dec 2005 09:10:30.0258 (UTC) FILETIME=[3985A520:01C60545]
X-Classification: [Bulk][0001.0A090204.43A7CBB5.0007-G-aTaY7sf97Vx0PR+mZjQpZw==]

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Was I invited by someone, or Microsoft "invited" me?