Can't connect to MSN

[ruiiiijiiiiang]

I have no problem connecting to Gtalk, but couldn't connect to MSN. It also takes a really long time to connect to facebook chat. Here's the terminal log:

Connecting user [email protected]...
An error occurred while looking up _xmpp-client._tcp.chat.facebook.com
Connected with [email protected]
Connecting user [email protected]...
An error occurred while looking up _xmpp-client._tcp.hotmail.com
could not connect!

Running on Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit.

[ironcamel]

Does MSN even use the XMPP/jabber protocol?

[ruiiiijiiiiang]

Sorry I'm a total noob at this. I just finished setting up MSN through jabber using psi. Everything's working fine except that I have to start psi first every time I connect from VimChat otherwise the contacts don't show up. Is there a way to get around it?

[ironcamel]

This is very strange. Can you clarify please. When you start vimchat, your contacts don't show up? Then when you start psi, your contacts show up in vimchat?

[ruiiiijiiiiang]

Yes, if I start vimchat, nothing shows up under my jabber account. I have to log out of vimchat, log on psi, then reconnect to vimchat for my contacts to show up. After that I can chat just like normal even if I log out of psi.