Well, I thought I’d configure my MSN Messenger with a more recent email address, as the one I used previously was registered years ago. I’d already started using a newer, different email address because the old email address was being spammed so much it was unusable. Of course, this new email address isn’t being published on the web in an effort to avoid spam. Most people I know now send email to my newer address, so now seemed like a good time to kill off the old address completely. However, there were a few people who would still send email to the old address because they saw it in my MSN Messenger account. In order to kill it off completely then, it seemed necessary to transfer my MSN Messenger account to my new address.
At first, this appeared straightforward as I saved my contacts list before changing the email address which was registered with MSN. After changing the email address and firing up MSN all my contacts appeared offline and none of them could see me. I then deleted all my contacts and imported the list I had saved earlier, which brought some contacts into view and they could see me. Some contacts remained offline and they still can’t see me, however I can’t tell for certain which ones! It’ll take time to work out who can and can’t see me I think.
So, in summary, if you want to contact me on MSN and I’ve appeared offline for a week or so, try adding a new contact to your MSN contacts list using my new email address. If you don’t know my new email address and you want to know what it is, use the email form here and I’ll let you know what it is. (Assuming I know who you are :))
I do apologise for the interruption in service.