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Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper
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MSN Messenger has the most features of all the instant messenger applications we tested, but doesn't provide the user-friendly interface of AIM or Yahoo!
Disable MSN Instant Messenger - This restriction is used to disable the ability to run the Microsoft MSN Instant Messenger client.
Microsoft's MSN Messenger is now available for the Macintosh, but lacks AOL interoperability and Outlook Express integration -- perhaps its only two major draws.
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Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur
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MSN Messenger provides file transfer, allowing partners to share files (including photo files) without the size constraints encountered on most email systems.
MSN Messenger Server Component Overview MSN Messenger Service clients make connections to several different kinds of servers.
Microsoft's MSN Messenger service has been enhanced with a voice chat facility which enables free PC to phone telephone calls from anywhere in the world to North America.
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Mike Enlow,
Internet Marketer
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Because MSN is a Inktomi powered service, relevancy and spamming rules are similar to Hotbot and other Inktomi engines.
MSN Search is a web search service from Microsoft, which first listings are powered by LookSmart directory and the secondary results that come from Inktomi's index.
MSN Search service is a LookSmart-powered directory of web sites, with secondary results that come from AltaVista.
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Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman
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MSN Messenger has fewer features but can be used by older versions of Windows and can also communicate with Windows Messenger if one user has Windows XP and the other a previous version of Windows.
There is also a version of MSN Messenger for the Macintosh, but because it is limited to text communication, the Macintosh version was not included in this review.
There are a lot of features built into MSN Messenger that do this, and may be similar features in other Microsoft products.
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