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Originally posted by inoesomestuff
Hi, i was wondering if anyone has tried to make a plugin for Msg+ that would allow MSN to chat with users from AIM. i thought about this because MSN is now allowing yahoo users and would it be possible to spoof that so it woudl connect to AIM and allow basic features like chat and sendfile. the plugin for this i think wouldnt be too big because i used something called TerraIM (http://terraim.sourceforge.net/) that is a standalone program that connects to AIM network and the file is under a meg
The funny thing is, the very first versions of MSN Messenger could use the AIM network. However, AOL closed their network off to Microsoft, and have never re-opened it.
There are some multi-protocol clients out there, programs like Trillian, gAIM et al. These allow you to sign in simultaneously on Windows Live Messenger, Y!IM and AIM, among other networks. Though you do have to have an account on each network you want to use, obviously.