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Version: Escargot Compatibility
MSN MESSENGER 1.x-3.x
W95 W98 WME WNT W2K WXP VIS W7 W8 W10
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 1.0.0863 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | o | MD5/CTP*
| 1.0.0889 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5/CTP*
| 1.0.0893 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | o | MD5/CTP*
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 2.0.0083 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 2.0.0085 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | o | MD5
| 2.1.1047 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 2.2.1053 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | o | MD5
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 3.0.0283 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 3.0.0286 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | o | MD5
| 3.5.0077 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 3.6.0024 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 3.6.0025 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 3.6.0026 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 3.6.0038 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 3.6.0039 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | o | MD5
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
MSN MESSENGER/WINDOWS MESSENGER 4.x
W95 W98 WME WNT W2K WXP VIS W7 W8 W10
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 4.0.0135 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.0.0146 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.0.0155 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.5.0121 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.5.0127 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.6.0071 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.6.0073 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.6.0076 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.6.0077 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.6.0078 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.6.0079 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.6.0082 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.6.0083 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.7.0031 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.7.0034 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.7.0041 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.7.0101 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.7.0105 | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | - | - | - | MD5
| 4.7.2009 | / | / | / | / | / | o | - | o | - | - | TWN
| 4.7.3000 | / | / | / | / | / | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 4.7.3001 | / | / | / | / | / | o | - | o | - | - | TWN
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
WINDOWS MESSENGER 5.x
WXP VIS W7 W8 W10
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+
| 5.0.0149 | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 5.0.0482 | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 5.1.0701 | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 5.1.0715 | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+
| 6.0.0101 | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 6.0.4074 | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+
MSN MESSENGER 5.x
W98 WME WNT W2K WXP VIS W7 W8 W10
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 5.0.0124 | x | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | MD5/TWN
| 5.0.0317 | x | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | MD5/TWN
| 5.0.0322 | x | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | MD5/TWN
| 5.0.0327 | x | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | MD5/TWN
| 5.0.0340 | x | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | MD5/TWN
| 5.0.0515 | x | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 5.0.0527 | x | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 5.0.0537 | x | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 5.0.0540 | x | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 5.0.0544 | x | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 5.0.0575 | x | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | o | TWN
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
MSN MESSENGER 6.x/7.0
W98 WME W2K WXP VIS W7 W8 W10
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 6.0.0250 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 6.0.0256 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 6.0.0268 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 6.0.0602 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 6.1.0114 | x | x | x | o | o | - | - | - | TWN
| 6.1.0128 | x | x | x | o | o | - | - | - | TWN
| 6.1.0150 | x | x | x | o | o | - | - | - | TWN
| 6.1.0211 | x | x | x | o | o | - | - | - | TWN
| 6.2.0133 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 6.2.0137 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 6.2.0205 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 6.2.0208 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 7.0.0205 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 7.0.0225 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 7.0.0332 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 7.0.0425 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 7.0.0429 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 7.0.0604 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 7.0.0632 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 7.0.0732 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 7.0.0777 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 7.0.0813 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 7.0.0816 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
| 7.0.0820 | x | x | x | o | - | - | - | - | TWN
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
MSN MESSENGER 7.5
WXP VIS W7 W8 W10
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+
| 7.5.0160 | o | - | o | - | o | TWN
| 7.5.0162 | o | - | o | - | o | TWN
| 7.5.0244 | o | - | o | - | o | TWN
| 7.5.0299 | o | - | o | - | o | TWN
| 7.5.0303P | o | - | o | - | o | TWN
| 7.5.0306 | o | - | o | - | o | TWN
| 7.5.0311 | o | - | o | - | o | TWN
| 7.5.0319P | o | - | o | - | o | TWN
| 7.5.0320P | o | - | o | - | o | TWN
| 7.5.0322 | o | - | o | - | o | TWN
| 7.5.0324 | o | - | o | - | o | TWN
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+
WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER 8.x/9.0
WXP VIS W7 W8 W10
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+
| 8.0.0290 | x | x | x | - | - | TWN
| 8.0.0328 | x | x | x | - | - | TWN
| 8.0.0363 | x | x | x | - | - | TWN
| 8.0.0365 | - | - | o | - | - | TWN
| 8.0.0369 | - | - | o | - | - | TWN
| 8.0.0562 | x | x | x | - | - | TWN
| 8.0.0566 | x | x | x | - | - | TWN
| 8.0.0683 | - | - | o | - | - | TWN
| 8.0.0689 | - | - | o | - | - | TWN
| 8.0.0787 | ! | - | o | - | o | TWN
| 8.0.0792 | ! | - | o | - | - | TWN
| 8.0.0812 | ! | - | o | - | - | TWN
| 8.1.0064 | ! | - | o | - | - | TWN/SSO
| 8.1.0068 | ! | - | o | - | - | TWN/SSO
| 8.1.0106 | ! | - | o | - | - | TWN/SSO
| 8.1.0168 | ! | - | o | - | - | TWN/SSO
| 8.1.0178 | ! | - | o | - | - | TWN/SSO
| 8.5.1235 | ! | o | o | - | o | TWN/SSO
| 8.5.1288 | ! | o | o | - | o | TWN/SSO
| 8.5.1302 | ! | o | o | - | o | TWN/SSO
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+
| 9.0.1407 | x | x | x | x | x | SSO
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+
WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER 2009
WXP VIS W7 W8 W10
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+
| 14.0.3921 | x | x | x | x | x | SSO
| 14.0.5027 | x | x | x | x | x | SSO
| 14.0.8050 | x | x | x | x | x | SSO
| 14.0.8089 | x | x | x | x | x | SSO
| 14.0.8117 | x | x | x | x | x | SSO
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+
WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER 2010
VIS W7 W8 W10
+-------------+---+---+---+---+
| 15.2.2585 | x | x | x | x | SSO
+-------------+---+---+---+---+
WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER 2011
VIS W7 W8 W10
+-------------+---+---+---+---+
| 15.4.3001 | x | x | x | x | SSO
| 15.4.3538 | x | x | x | x | SSO
| 15.4.3555 | x | x | x | x | SSO
+-------------+---+---+---+---+
WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER 2012
W7 W8 W10
+-------------+---+---+---+
| 16.4.3528 | x | x | x | SSO
+-------------+---+---+---+
WINDOWS 8 MESSAGING
W8
+-------------+---+
| 16.4.4206 | x | WEB?
+-------------+---+
MICROSOFT MESSENGER FOR MAC
OS9 X.0 X.1 X.2 X.3 X.4 X.5 X.6 X.7 X.8 X.9 X.10 X.11 X.12 X.13 X.14 X.15
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 1.0r065 | o | c | c | c | c | c | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | MD5
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.0r037 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | MD5
| 2.0r44 | o | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | MD5
| 2.1.0 | o | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | MD5
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 3.0.0 | / | - | - | - | - | o | - | - | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | MD5(?)
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.5.1 | ! | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | TWN
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 3.5.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | TWN
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 4.0.1 | / | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | TWN
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 5.1.1 | / | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | TWN
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 6.0.3 | / | / | / | / | / | ! | ! | ! | ! | ! | ! | ! | ! | ! | ! | ! | / | TWN
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 7.0.1 | / | / | / | / | / | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | / | TWN
| 7.0.2 | / | / | / | / | / | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | / | TWN
| 7.0.3 | / | / | / | / | / | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | / | TWN
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 8.0.0 | / | / | / | / | / | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | / | TWN
| 8.0.1 | / | / | / | / | / | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | / | TWN
| 8.0.2 | / | / | / | / | / | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | / | TWN
+-------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
c = Compatible via Classic environment
O = Compatible with Escargot
! = Compatible, but has issues (mainly HTTPS-related)
x = Incompatible with Escargot
- = Untested
/ = Incompatible with OS (but may work if copied manually)
* "CTP" is a newly-discovered authentication method only used in MSN 1.0 that sends the plaintext email and password to the server to be verified.
-- TODO: Update requirements --
Requirements:
Windows:
To edit the hosts file on Windows 9x:
Open "C:\Windows\hosts" and add the line "35.185.200.209 messenger.hotmail.com" to the end
To edit the hosts file on Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10:
Open "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts" and add the line "35.185.200.209 messenger.hotmail.com" to the end
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger 1.x to 4.x:
* Hosts file or "messenger.hotmail.com" -> "m1.escargot.log1p.xyz" patch
Note: For 4.7.2005 and any 4.7 build up to 3001, see 5.x below
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger 5.x:
* Hosts file or "messenger.hotmail.com" -> "m1.escargot.log1p.xyz" patch
* "http://nexus.passport.com/rdr/pprdr.asp" -> "https://m1.escargot.log1p.xyz/nexus-mock" patch
* "PassportURLs" -> "Passporturls" patch
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger 6.x:
* Hosts file or "messenger.hotmail.com" -> "m1.escargot.log1p.xyz" patch
* "http://nexus.passport.com/rdr/pprdr.asp" -> "https://m1.escargot.log1p.xyz/nexus-mock" patch
* "PassportURLs" -> "Passporturls" patch
* "http://config.messenger.msn.com/Config/MsgrConfig.asmx" -> "https://escargot.log1p.xyz/etc/MsgrConfig?padding=qqqq" patch
MSN Messenger 7.0:
* Hosts file or "messenger.hotmail.com" -> "m1.escargot.log1p.xyz" patch
* "http://nexus.passport.com/rdr/pprdr.asp" -> "https://m1.escargot.log1p.xyz/nexus-mock" patch
* "PassportURLs" -> "Passporturls" patch
* "http://config.messenger.msn.com/Config/MsgrConfig.asmx" -> "https://escargot.log1p.xyz/etc/MsgrConfig?padding=qqqq" patch
MSN Messenger 7.5:
* Hosts file or "messenger.hotmail.com" -> "m1.escargot.log1p.xyz" patch
* "http://config.messenger.msn.com/Config/MsgrConfig.asmx" -> "https://escargot.log1p.xyz/etc/MsgrConfig?padding=qqqq" patch
* msidcrl.dll patch
Windows Live Messenger 8.x/9.0:
* Hosts file or "messenger.hotmail.com" -> "m1.escargot.log1p.xyz" patch
* "byrdr.omega.contacts.msn.com" -> "ebyrdromegactcsmsn.log1p.xyz" patch
* "tkrdr.storage.msn.com" -> "etkrdrstmsn.log1p.xyz" patch
* "ows.messenger.msn.com" -> "eowsmsgrmsn.log1p.xyz" patch
* "rsi.hotmail.com" -> "ersih.log1p.xyz" patch
* "http://config.messenger.msn.com/Config/MsgrConfig.asmx" -> "https://escargot.log1p.xyz/etc/MsgrConfig?padding=qqqq" patch
* msidcrl.dll patch
Windows Live Messenger 2009/2010/2011/2012:
Currently unsupported
MSN/Microsoft Messenger for Mac:
Versions 1.x - 2.1.0 & 3.0.0:
Hosts file (MacOS 9.2):
Add the following line to the "HOSTS" file, stored in the Preferences folder in System:
"messenger.hotmail.com A 35.185.200.209"
If the file doesn't exist, create it, and add the above line.
Hosts file (MacOS X):
Add the following line to the "hosts" file, stored at /etc/hosts:
"35.185.200.209 messenger.hotmail.com"
Instructions on how to do this can be found at http://osxdaily.com/2016/02/29/modify-hosts-mac-os-x-textedit/
Versions 2.5.1 and 3.5.x+:
Currently unsupported
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