Does Microsoft filter out MSN messages?

[jamieh]

I have a subdomain of *.ath.cx, and whenever I try to send a URL of that to someone on MSN, it just refuses to send. I had to use nonstandard ports just to override that because all of my friends insist on using MSN.

Try sending one of these to someone over MSN:

http://jamieh.ath.cx/
http://jamieh.ath.cx:80/
http://whatever.ath.cx/
http://microsoftsucks.ath.cx/

You get the idea
(None of those are valid links)

I recently discovered that removing "http://" works, but I'm too lazy to change the ports back to 80.

Why does Microsoft feel the need to monitor and block all of our messages?

[zmjjmz]

I'm willing to bet it's some dumb security hole.

[Newuser1111]

Why does Microsoft feel the need to monitor and block all of our messages?

There are some other things that are blocked also.

And I guess it's for your security so you don't get scammed, hacked, or something else.

[zmjjmz]

There are some other things that are blocked also.

And I guess it's for your security so you don't get scammed, hacked, or something else.

Because all .ath.cx domains are scam sites? Riiight.

[x0as]

Sent fine sending from adium to somebody else using adium.

[jamieh]

Sent fine sending from adium to somebody else using adium.

What? I use adium and it didn't work. Observe:

http://jamieh.ath.cx:8080/sshot2.png

[jamieh]

There are some other things that are blocked also.

And I guess it's for your security so you don't get scammed, hacked, or something else.

.ath.cx is one of the options for DynDNS.

[etnlIcarus]

Pretty sure they block .info domains as well.

[x0as]

What? I use adium and it didn't work. Observe:

http://jamieh.ath.cx:8080/sshot2.png

Just tried sending a link to somebody that uses a microsoft client & got the same error

[jamieh]

Pretty sure they block .info domains as well.

Just tried sending a link to somebody that uses a microsoft client & got the same error

Why exactly does Microsoft do this?