What is MSN? What's the use? How come?

MSN 8 is an internet software based on Microsoft's advanced technology, which allows you and your family to use the network more effectively. MSN 8 is an excellent communication tool, which makes Internet browsing more convenient and enhances online security through some advanced functions. These advanced features include parental control, browsing the web together, spam protection and customization.

The word "MSN Messenger" is rather vague because Microsoft uses this term to contact several different messaging solutions. You chat through MSN Messenger Network. The most popular program used to connect to MSN Messenger Network is MSN Messenger, and the language used by the program in MSN Messenger Network is MSN Messenger Protocol.

What is MSN Messenger Network?

MSN Messenger network is a real-time communication network of Microsoft. Published in July, 1999. It is not the first communication network, nor the last communication network. MSN is one of the four personal real-time communication networks. By March 2003, the exclusive MSN instant messaging network users were far less than AOL instant messaging and ICQ, but more than Yahoo Messenger.

What does the program do on MSN Messenger network?

The programs on your computer are called "clients". It connects to MSN Messenger server through the Internet. Specifically, clients send and receive messages through servers and other clients. Some information has not been processed, but only passed through the server. For example, when sending a real-time message, the command "Here is a message, please deliver it" is processed by the server, but the message itself is only delivered to the client through the server.

Microsoft has released two MSN Messenger clients: MSN Messenger (also known as MSN Messenger. NET Messenger) and Windows Messenger. Microsoft recommends MSN Messenger to most Windows users, including Windows XP bound to the operating system. Others and companies have written "third-party" MSN Messenger clients. You can see some clients in the resource page list. MSN Messenger is usually regarded as a de facto standard client, while most other clients determine their development direction from their behavior, so it is regarded as an "official client" on the Internet.

Microsoft has never publicly released their Messenger server, and the official client does not allow you to connect to non-Microsoft servers. At present, someone has written a third-party server, which can be found on the resource page.

The "language" used for communication between two computer programs is called a "protocol". The rules for sending messages between MSN Messenger client and server are called "MSN Messenger Protocol". The rule of sending messages from one client to another through a server is called "MSN client protocol" here.

What is the MSN Messenger protocol?

MSN Messenger consists of a series of commands that can be sent on the client and server. For example, when some people in your contact list are offline, the server will send a message to your client: flnmyname _ 123@hotmail.com. When receiving this command, the client should move the user from the online user list to the offline user list.

In recent years, MSN Messenger protocol has undergone several revisions. At the time of drafting this protocol (June 5438+1October 2003), Microsoft's server allowed clients to use versions 8, 9 and 10 of this protocol. The version of personal agreement usually consists of "MSNP8", "MSNP9" and "MSNP 10".

The website aims to completely define the MSN Messenger protocol and the characteristics of MSN Messenger server disconnection, so that third-party software developers can write their own programs and interact with the network. So far, only MSNP8 has been recorded, and some topics can be obtained in MSNP9 and MSNP 10.

Information about this protocol can be obtained by reading the official draft of IETF, reading various source codes, analyzing data packets, analyzing official clients and writing programs. Most of this work was done by other MSN Messenger research groups, and we just recorded it. If you find something new about this agreement, please post it on the forum.

What is MSN client protocol?

The MSN client protocol consists of messages sent between clients. For example, when you say "hello" to your friends, your customers send hello to their customers as the text of the message.

Until recently, the MSN client protocol developed in an organized way-the official client version will behave differently from other clients, and you can only guess what characteristics and behaviors it will have. Recently, someone tried to implement a version numbering system. As of June 5438+00, 2003, three versions of MSN Messenger client protocols have been discovered, which are called "MSNC0", "MSNC 1" and "MSNC2" in this website.

The website aims to completely define the characteristics of MSN Messenger protocol and official client, so that third-party software developers can write their own programs and interact with the network. We hope to finally fully define all versions of the agreement. This website only defines the behavior of the official client and tells us how the behavior of other clients is predicted. The author of this website does not use the official client, so he will not make a fair judgment on this topic. Other websites cover this topic well.

What does Microsoft think of all this?

We have nothing to do with Microsoft, just very limited communication. We know that at least some Microsoft employees generally know about this website and community, but the company's policies seem to ignore us. Microsoft has not officially tried to remove third-party clients from its network, but they have never tried to communicate with us or provide you with future guarantees. They are already very good at accepting error reports with security risks.

Compared with AOL (owners AOL(AIM and ICQ), Microsoft is very beneficial to third-party developers in its protocols. This may not reflect any charity part: third-party customers have contributed to the increase of Microsoft online users, and (unlike AOL) we will not directly threaten their income.

Here is how to install and use msn.

Download and install

Click the Download Now button on to get the latest version of MSN Messenger. When prompted to open or save to your computer, click Open to download MSN Messenger automatically. Select "I accept the terms in the license agreement" in the MICROSOFT software end-user license agreement that appears later, and then click "Next" and "Finish" to end the installation process.

Registered landing

If you already have an email account with Hotmail or msn, you can directly open MSN, click the "Login" button, and then enter your email address and password to log in. If you don't have such an account, please visit mrrobot002 @ hotmail.commonbot003 @ hotmail.commonbot004 @ hotmail.commonbot005 @ hotmail.commonbot006 @ hotmail.commonbot007 @ hotmail.commonbot008 @ hotmai. L.commrrobot009 @ hotmail.commrrobot0/kloc-0 @ hotmail.commrrobot011@ hotmail.com They are all automatic answering robots and daily query assistants. If you need any function, ask him for help. The format of the consultation leaflet is "consultation items: key words", and the item words are: news, weather, id, city, public transportation, today, IP, mobile, and py (Pinyin).

For example, enter "Weather: Shanghai" to understand the weather in Shanghai.

Enter "News: International" and Xiao Bu replies to five messages, each with a link to international news.

Enter "Song: Jay Chou" to find the audition link of songs related to Jay Chou.

2.MSN SMS robot

At present, it is the first msn SMS robot in China, and the current cost is quite cheap. Not only do you have five free SMS messages every day, but you can earn 1 points every time you send 1 SMS messages, and there is no monthly fee. There is also a convenient address book function, so you don't have to enter your mobile phone number every time. It exceeds the charge of 1 gross, which is the same as that of ordinary short messages.

Specific operation: You just need to add the following address as msn friends at will and talk to him to learn how to use it.

Msn robot (select one):

SMS bot 1 1 @ SMS 107 . com SMS bot 22 @ SMS 107 . com SMS bot 23 @ SMS 107 . com SMS bot 23 @ SMS 107 . com