posted by Dharmesh Greetings Messenger fans – As some of you noticed, we had a problem from Friday night to Saturday morning where our Messenger service was incorrectly blocking some legitimate IP addresses.  We sincerely apologize for any difficulties this caused our users.  And we want to thank those of you that reported this problem to us so that we could quickly fix it.  Because of your h....

posted by Dharmesh Greetings Messenger fans – I have a great follow-up to the recent news about an incredibly successful first year for the i’m Initiative. Windows Live Hotmail announced today that they are joining in on the i’m Initiative started with Windows Live Messenger.  This means that now you can use either Messenger or Hotmail (or both) and help raise money for the cause of your choi....

posted by Dharmesh Greetings Messenger fans – Let me first introduce myself as I’m new to MessengerSays. My name’s Dharmesh Mehta and I lead the Windows Live Messenger product management team. Although I’ve been a user for many years, I just joined the team that builds and delivers Messenger. It’s been a busy and interesting time as I’ve been learning a ton about the vast array of Messenger c....

Hey all you Messenger lovers!  Everyone loves games, so we wanted to tell you about the Windows Live Messenger Jigsaw Too Sweepstakes going on now through February 28th, 2008 on MSN Games. You can play the sweeps every day to see if you are an instant winner of a one month free subscription to the Instant Games Clubhouse which grants you all access to exclusive games on Messenger!  Also, you wil....

posted by Jura Hi all, Back in November we shipped the final version of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 along with several other Windows Live applications and services. A lot of you have already upgraded, and for that we thank you and hope you’re enjoying it as much as we enjoyed building it. Starting soon, we’re going to make it easier for those of you who haven’t upgraded yet to get onto our latest....