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The .NET Messenger Service is an instant messaging and presence system developed by Microsoft. Its user authentication system uses Windows Live ID, which allows any e-mail address that is registered as a Microsoft Passport to sign in and communicate with other users who are logged into the .NET network.

This service also can integrate with Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, automatically and simultaneously logging the user into the .NET network as he/she logs into Windows.

It is possible for any computer running with an Internet connection and a web browser to connect to the Messenger Service by using MSN Web Messenger. Although Microsoft only supports this for computers running Windows, it does not actually require Windows. There are also unofficial equivalents of this service.

LAN Manager and therefore Windows NT includes a system notification service, called "Messenger Service", which is sometimes used to present pop-up advertisements to users. This service, although it has a similar name, is not related in any way to the .NET Messenger Service or the Windows Messenger instant messaging client.

[edit] Clients

Instant messaging clients which support .NET Messenger Service include:

Made by Microsoft:

• Windows Live Messenger (former MSN Messenger)
• Windows Messenger
• Microsoft Messenger for Mac
• MSN Web Messenger

Third-party:

• aMSN
• eMSN
• Gaim
• Kopete
• Trillian
• Miranda IM
• KMess
• SIM-IM
• BitlBee

[edit] See also

• Windows Live ID
• Comparison of instant messaging clients
• Comparison of instant messaging protocols
• List of instant messaging protocols

[edit] External links

• MSN Messenger Protocol - Protocol documentation
• MSNPiki - Protocol wiki

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