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List:       kopete-devel
Subject:    Re: [Kopete-devel] MSN: Hotmail Inbox
From:       Daniel Stone <dstone () trinity ! unimelb ! edu ! au>
Date:       2003-01-30 6:10:03
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On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 05:03:01PM +1100, Paul Grace scrawled:
> On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:36 pm, Andy Goossens wrote:
> > I might be caused by the following line:
> > <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"login\" value=\"" + UserID.left(
> > UserID.find('@') ) + "\">
> >
> > UserID "someone@hotmail.com" becomes "someone", which is what both amsn and
> > the MSN Messenger client seem to do. This is something what is required now
> > by Hotmail. But this causes "person@msn.com" to become "person", which
> > might confuse Hotmail.
> >
> > Can someone with a @msn.com email address test this with MSN Messenger?
> > Open your inbox and look at the temporary file that is created on your
> > disk. Then give me the line with name="login", like the one above.
> 
> Mine says this:
> 
> <input type="hidden" name="login" value="PaulJGrace">
> 
> but after I change that line to    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"login\" 
> value=\"" + UserID + "\"> in the source code, it puts in the @msn.com bit as 
> well, but still has the same problem, wants to sign in manually.

Maybe it's time to have a look at the Hotmail login page, or look at the
official Messenger client and how that signs in, or Gaim, or something.
My bet, based on having used the page a fair bit and noticing that there
are separate username and domain fields, is that you're missing a domain
field.

-d

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Daniel Stone                                     <dstone@trinity.unimelb.edu.au>
Developer, Trinity College, University of Melbourne

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