Unable to connect to MSN with @MSN.com account

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Log in with @MSN.com account

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
After 'Getting Cookie' error message pops up

<username@msn.com>
Unable to authenticate: Unable to connect

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.0, 1.0.2

Please provide any additional information below.

Tried my current @msn account, doesnt work. 
Signed up a new hotmail account, works. 
Signed up a new MSN account, doesnt work..

Original issue reported on code.google.com by julius.n...@gmail.com on 24 Sep 2007 at 4:05

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Yes, Im having the same problem.  My @hotmail.com works fine but my @msn.com 
account 
doesnt.

Original comment by borre...@gmail.com on 24 Sep 2007 at 4:10

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same here

Original comment by bjarke.b...@gmail.com on 24 Sep 2007 at 5:12

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Here too! Too bad I don't have another IM account

Original comment by jaimesca...@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2007 at 8:09

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I use a gmail email to sign in, and it also doesn't work. Same "unable to 
connect error".

Original comment by kereszt...@gmail.com on 28 Sep 2007 at 3:10

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I found the solution to this problem.  Edit the file 
/Applications/Apollo.app/hosts 
in NOTEPAD and add the following line:

65.54.131.245 msnia.login.live.com

Save and upload back to the location.  Now @msn.com accounts work like a charm.

Hope this helps everyone with problems.

Original comment by borre...@gmail.com on 10 Oct 2007 at 2:57

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worked perfectly! thanks borregod.

Original comment by ij0...@gmail.com on 31 Oct 2007 at 2:24

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borregod

how do i get to file /Applications/Apollo.app/hosts

Original comment by visualo...@gmail.com on 13 Jan 2008 at 5:55

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same for me:
<username@hotmail.com>
Unable to authenticate: Unable to connect

to access to and edit /Applications/Apollo.app/hosts
From Installer, install pure-ftpd, and ssh server, set password for root then 
ftp and edit the file.
make sure you disable ssh server after!

Even after editing to 65.54.131.245 msnia.login.live.com (3 space after 
65.54.131.245)

still have the error message "Unable to authenticate: Unable to connect"

I tried uninstall/reinstall same error message.

Original comment by bradford...@gmail.com on 18 Jan 2008 at 4:28

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Did the same with no luck. I need MSN and Yahoo working. 

Thanks

Original comment by dhruvsma...@gmail.com on 30 Jan 2008 at 4:04