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Date:      Thu, 25 Sep 2003 01:37:40 -0700
From:      Seth Kingsley <sethk@meowfishies.com>
To:        Anthony Carmody <anthony@carmoda.com>
Cc:        'Michael Sharp' <probsd@ec.rr.com>
Subject:   Re: yahoo messenger
Message-ID:  <20030925083740.GC80599@mail.meowfishies.com>
In-Reply-To: <000a01c38323$3c085960$6600a8c0@carmoda3>
References:  <2063.192.168.1.4.1064465555.squirrel@probsd.org> <000a01c38323$3c085960$6600a8c0@carmoda3>

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On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 03:09:44PM +1000, Anthony Carmody wrote:
> I have heard rumours [gasp] that MSN and Yahoo are on a crusade to block =
third party clients using their transport. i don't know the
> weight of this in truth, but i must say that everyone i know who uses IM =
uses a third party client primarily to avoid Ads and such.
> I use gaim myself. perhaps its the company i keep.

AOL is also on this crusade, trying to shake off Trillian in early 2002:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,50169,00.html

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