Adium

with only dashboard and adium running. ...

yeh ive tried adium etc and they work when i connect to other wireless networks so its not the mac's firewall! ...

The other option is to try an alternate MSN client, like Adium or aMSN. ...

The developers of Fire have announced on their web site that development is to cease. Fire is/was a multi-protocol instant messaging application for OS X, and could be used with AIM, ICQ, irc, Jabber (including Google Talk and Apple iChat Server), MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, and Apple Bonjour. The message on the front of the web page reads:

I wonder if adium will ever support Skype IM down the line? ...

Sounds weird - you could try making a new account and seing if you still have the problem there. If it works ok you could migrate your data to the new account and delete the original. Or tinker around to delete all the keychain preferences and plists Or - Try using Adium - if it solves the problem you may fall in love with it also. http://adiumx.com

MSN Messenger ... The original works "fine", like on your PB G4 I mean. Might want to try Adium as an alternative. ...

I speak spanish fluently, and I often chat or email in Spanish. I'm sick of every spanish word I type in Mail and Adium being underlined in red. Where can I get a Spanish dictionary to add and install to Mac OS X? ...

with live messenger using the latest version of bootcamp but my issue is different. I get a "contact list is missing message" Now... I can use Trillian fine and Adium and Microsoft Messenger are fine on the Mac side. I assumed it was a firewall but I have them all disabled. ...

I'm running OS X 10.3.9 on a 3 year old eMac. I've had issues with my memory before, since I'm only at 256MB, so I'm not ruling this out as a potential memory problem. My applications are crashing immediately after I open them, or after I use the application the slightest bit. Firefox is somehow working, miraculously. But I'm still having issues with iTunes, Adium, and...