Re: MSN Messenger unable to sign in   

> On 5/12/08 1:28 PM, in article ee7e3d2.41@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, >
      "subaquaman@officeformac.com" wrote: > > > Hi Rebecca, > > > > Thanks
      for your advice. > > > > I went through the troubleshooting steps as best
      I could and have found the > > x509 anchors to be missing. Reinstalling
      the OS seems incredibly > > disproportionate to getting Messenger working,
      besides my Mac is only a month > > old! Have you any other suggestions
      please? > > > > Thanks again. > > Hi, please install the x509 anchors.
      If you are on Leopard (10.5.x) the > instructions are below. The x509
      anchors are there by default on 10.4.x > > OS X 10.5.x: Launch Keychain
      Access located in your Utilities > folder. Choose File -> Add to Keychain,
      then select > /System/Library/Keychains/X509Certificates.obsoleted. You
      should now be able > to view the x509 anchors. Do any certificates show
      for the x509 anchors? If > so, do you have the �Secure Server Certification
      Authority� certificate? If > not, you will need to copy this certificate
      from another Macintosh into the > x509 anchors in your keychain, or reinstall
      the OS. The certificate allows > for a more secure login. > > Thanks,
      > Rebecca > > Rebecca Harriss > rharriss@online.microsoft.com (remove
      online for any direct replies) > Microsoft Corporation > Macintosh Business
      Unit, SDET > > This posting is provided �AS IS� with no
      warranties, and confers no rights. > > > > > Hi, I copy this answer from
      - <http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.messenger/browse_thread/thread/d82459f5ecb3813c>
      And that solution worked fine for me.





      Tomislav - mail: igud71@gmail.com





      Just an FYI for anyone using TLS in Mac Messanger and OSX Leopard (10.5).





      The instructions in the Mac Messenger Deployment Guide for adding an X509
      Certificate to the OSX Keychain do not work on Leopard. In previous OSX
      versions the "X509 Anchors" keychain is added to your keychain by default
      and is an option when you double click a certificate for import. With
      Leopard however you must manually open your "Applications/Utilities/Keychain
      Accces", go to "File" then "Add Keychain". Then navigate to /System/Library/Keychains
      where you should see the file "X509Anchors", add this keychain. This keychain
      is the keychain that must contain the correct certificate your corporation
      uses for TLS transport. If your corp happens to use a standard public
      certificate of course you will never have to worry about this, but if
      it is an non-included certificate you must import to to that keychain.




did this work for anyone? it surely didn't work for me as i don't have X509Anchors in the System/Library/Keychains folder, and have no idea where to download it from... so... still stuck with "not able to connect to the server...

date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:49:41 -0800   author:   kangtan