Messenger 5.1 logs out of .NET service every few minutes

SBPD wrote:
> I installed Windows Live Messenger 8, and it works perfectly, but if I use
> Windows Messenger 5.1 it continues to log out every few minutes. I ran
> monitors to various messenger systems that do a TCP port 80 connection every
> 10 seconds and no failures, and our T1 is always below 40% use during these
> logouts. So, the issue appears to be specific to the 5.1 client.
>
> "SBPD" wrote:
>
> > We use LCS 2005 internally, and Messenger 5.1 clients. The SIP connection to
> > LCS works perfectly, but any connection to the .NET messenger service logs
> > out every few minutes. You can be in the middle of an IM session, and it
> > appears to be connected, but you start to type, and you then get a message
> > you can't send since you are not logged in. Even if you have the main
> > Messenger window open, it gives no hint you are logged out until you try
> > something.

SBPD, You aren't alone. It has been happening exactly like that to me
running vers 4.7 and I know of another guy with the same complaint
using 4.7 as well, plus someone posted the same complaint here about
vers 5.1 a week or so ago. None of us as rec'd a reply from the gurus
and I think it is just another MS snafu. It is nice to know that the
new prog works though, but I see no reason to change to it if I don't
have to.
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