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Adam replied on August 29, 2008 15:03 to the problem "Windows Live Messenger bot not responding" in Ping.fm:

If you are still unable to add the bot, we will both have to perform the process I mentioned above (remove completely on both ends, then you can re-add). I think if you are already on the allow list, but can't see the bot online for some unexplainable reason, then you request again, it will not prompt the bot to accept you. The entire request/accept process in WLM is a testers nightmare. I can partially reproduce this and tons of other oddities using the actual wlm client, but it is never reliable or consistent. WLM is the most unreliable of all the bots (due to the nature of the WLM protocol), GTalk or AIM are the most reliable.

A comment on the problem "Windows Live Messenger bot not responding" in Ping.fm:

No joy. Followed these intsructions to the letter. Bot appears ... but it's OFFLINE. Exactly the same behavior as before. – jeffnew, on August 29, 2008 13:03

Pii replied on August 29, 2008 12:00 to the problem "Windows Live Messenger bot not responding" in Ping.fm:

Mine started working a couple of hours ago (probably after that fix), I'm using Miranda.

frazor replied on August 29, 2008 09:07 to the problem "Windows Live Messenger bot not responding" in Ping.fm:

I use WLM 8.5, Digsby, Pidgin and AdiumX on 3 different machines... and have tried this on each of them, no joy.

dooglus replied on August 29, 2008 08:52 to the problem "Windows Live Messenger bot not responding" in Ping.fm:

I still see the problem. I'm using pidgin 2.5.0 but the bot is always offline, even after Adam's fix of '5 hours ago'.

Adam replied on August 29, 2008 03:48 to the problem "Windows Live Messenger bot not responding" in Ping.fm:

I believe I have defeated this problem (hopefully)....

Using the official WLM client:

If you have previously added the bot but it does not show up:
select the bot on your buddylist, right click, delete contact, also remove from hotmail contacts (do not block), delete. Then go to options, privacy, select the bot on your "allow" list, hit the delete button on the keyboard and hope it deletes it, then click ok.

To add the bot:
click on the "Add a contact" icon, enter pingdotfm@live.com, then click add contact. Wait about 1-2 minutes, then change the view from the buddylist to one of the other tabs (check out windows live, "what is i'm", other spam ads, etc), then back to your buddylist, and the bot should appear.

Using a better client:
Add the bot as usual and it should work right away.

A comment on the idea "Updates via text message" in Ping.fm:

Great workaround bface! I have a Helio Ocean which has all the major IM's and this works great for me. Thanks! =) – TxTurbo, on August 28, 2008 17:50

bface replied on August 28, 2008 10:01 to the idea "Updates via text message" in Ping.fm:

while it isn't the most efficient solution, it works for me since i'm signed onto AIMTXT from my phone 24/7..

http://mobile.aol.com/aolproducts/aimtxt

what i do is, when i'm signed onto AIMTXT from my phone, i shoot ping.fm an instant message through text, and it updates all of my accounts.

chilimac replied on August 27, 2008 23:41 to the discussion "Post here if you encounter a "not posting" issue" in Ping.fm:

This posted to all of my accounts except for Twitter. Why didn't it post to Twitter?
ChiliMac
08/27/08 at 6:21 pm CST
"I am in serious need of a crazy weekend!
Twitter
Post from IM

modsuperstar replied on August 27, 2008 16:22 to the problem "Windows Live Messenger bot not responding" in Ping.fm:

Same issue here. I've tried this a couple times and the bot is always offline.

notsheep replied on August 26, 2008 11:34 to the discussion "Post here if you encounter a "not posting" issue" in Ping.fm:

Sending to Brightkite, Twitter, Facebook, Jaiku via Pingpress appears not to have worked either - 12.20ish BST.

Posting from dashboard worked at this time.

notsheep replied on August 26, 2008 07:58 to the discussion "Post here if you encounter a "not posting" issue" in Ping.fm:

Brightkite/Twitter: notsheep.
Posting to those two services via pingout at 8.56 am (BST) resulted in error messages (headers already sent etc)
Pizza's good.

A comment on the discussion "Post here if you encounter a "not posting" issue" in Ping.fm:

Sounds like your cel provider e-mail is lagging. It's actually been happening to a couple other users today. The messages arrive here and are immediately posted, There is no post delay. Who is your provider? – Sean, on August 26, 2008 01:35

A comment on the discussion "Post here if you encounter a "not posting" issue" in Ping.fm:

All of my posts from today just started popping up an hour ago, almost the exact same time as they did *last* night with posts via my cell. – saidshe, on August 26, 2008 01:30

jeffnew replied on August 26, 2008 00:33 to the discussion "Post here if you encounter a "not posting" issue" in Ping.fm:

Email: jeff_newfeld@hotmail.com
Date/time: Monday Aug 25th, 2008 between 8 AM and 9:25 am
Posted: 1 status update (using "% is" format) and 2 or 3 micro-blogs.
Services: Twitter, FB, Blogspot, Tumblr, identi.ca
Posted from: Dashboard
Tom Kah Gai from Typhoon in Redmond, WA.

Ian replied on August 25, 2008 22:37 to the question "Help with posting to Facebook" in Ping.fm:

Thanks for your help Jeff. I don't use Blogspot myself but I could get my Tumblr RSS feed into Facebook, so thanks for the idea.

Ian marked one of jeffnew's replies in Ping.fm as useful. jeffnew replied to the question "Help with posting to Facebook".

Sean replied on August 25, 2008 21:53 to the question "is there a current ping.fm outage?" in Ping.fm:

Everyone having issues, please see this post: http://getsatisfaction.com/pingfm/top...

jeffnew replied on August 25, 2008 16:49 to the question "Help with posting to Facebook" in Ping.fm:

1. Status updates and micro-blogs look the same in Facebook. Both show up as status updates. I am not sure if the new grammar assist feature acts differently for the two or not.

2. You can't post a blog entry through the ping.fm facebook interface (or at least I can't). What I do is post to Blogspot. In Facebook I subscribe to the Blogspot RSS feed. These show up as Facebook Notes, which will show up in your news feed.

jeffnew started following the question "is there a current ping.fm outage?" in Ping.fm.