adium and unknown error 205

Alan December 11, 2008 Tech Stuff 11 Comments

Hi,

I think i started to get this error when i updated to the latest version of  adium (on mac osx)

Every time i connect to msn i get a error message popup saying unknown error 205, unkown user.

I’ve just found out how to stop this, the problem is that i somehow got the user: messenger@microsoft.com on my buddy list. Just using Adium this user never shows up so i installed Microsoft Messenger for the Mac, connected and went to preferences then privacy and removed that user from the lists (either the allow or block list) – to do this right/Ctrl click the contact in the list and select delete (thanks Camille for highlighting this weird UI)

Quit messenger and loaded Adium without the annoying message popping up :)

If you find this helpful – please leave a comment  – use the link below – thanks!

Direct link to the English messenger 7.01 or Click here to go to the page to download Microsoft messenger for the mac. Its a confusing page, scroll the details frame – bottom right and the download links are at the bottom.

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11 Responses to “adium and unknown error 205”

  1. Jay said:

    Dec 27, 08 at 6:21 pm

    Thanks a million!!! This problem has been driving me crazy almost to the point of getting rid of Adium.

  2. Camille said:

    Dec 28, 08 at 11:50 pm

    There’s a slight flaw with this… You can’t remove people from the list, only switch them back and forth between Allow and Block.

  3. Camille said:

    Dec 28, 08 at 11:52 pm

    Ah, disregard that, I just tried Ctrl+Click.

    So, to whoever is wondering, select the messenger@microsoft.com buddy, CTRL+Click it and choose “Delete”. Crisis averted!

  4. Mike said:

    Dec 29, 08 at 2:56 pm

    Thanks man! For find the solution for this problem.

  5. Jeroen Zomer said:

    Jan 07, 09 at 5:23 pm

    A big thanks. I read in the Adium buglist about it, but this is simple. Great solution!

  6. Adrian Bye said:

    Jan 08, 09 at 2:05 pm

    Awesome, thanks a lot, I was also about to drop adium because of this problem.

  7. drdaz said:

    Jan 08, 09 at 4:22 pm

    Many thanks! That was driving me nuts :-p

  8. Russish said:

    Feb 02, 09 at 8:35 pm

    Seriously, thanks so much for this solution. I was getting terribly frustrated. You’re awesome!

  9. Anastasia said:

    Feb 06, 09 at 1:28 pm

    This is awesome !!! Good work

  10. Rainne said:

    Feb 09, 09 at 10:51 am

    Oh, man, this has been bugging me to no end for about two months. THANK YOU!

  11. clay said:

    Apr 07, 09 at 11:46 pm

    did this not work for anyone because i downloaded msn went on and still couldn’t find that contact

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