The ultra-lite instant messenger for MSN, AOL, ICQ, and Yahoo.

- Unlimited instant messaging on MSN, AOL, ICQ, and Yahoo.
- The smallest instant messenger with a download size of 240K.
- Get the fastest connections without using excessive system resources.


June 27, 2004

Easy message has been updated to fix the latest problems connecting with the Yahoo! messenger service. The update is available at download.com

Posted by dewsbury

January 11, 2004

Easy message has been updated to fix problems connecting with the Yahoo! messenger service. The update is available at download.com

Posted by dewsbury

January 10, 2004

Recent changes to Yahoo! instant messenger servers has caused inaccessibility to the service for Easy Message users. A fix for the problem is currently being investigated.

Posted by dewsbury

November 14, 2003

Last night the MSN Messenger instant messaging servers were updated resulting in Easy Message users being blocked.

Easy Message has been updated to version 2.3.642 which fixes the MSN connection problem.

The new build is available at download.com

Posted by dewsbury

November 02, 2003

The server address used for instant messaging on the Yahoo network has changed resulting in Easy Message users not being able to connect. To fix this problem you will need to change the server address for each Yahoo account to "scs.msg.yahoo.com" instead of "scs.yahoo.com".

Posted by dewsbury

October 31, 2003

Service to instant messaging on the MSN network using Easy Message was not interupted as Microsofts October 15th dealine to restrict third party access passes.

Posted by dewsbury

September 28, 2003

The Yahoo service in Easy Message is now back online. Easy Message was updated today to version 2.3.640 supporting Yahoo Messenger's new password authentication process.

The new process includes multiple layers of hashing, (not necessarily more secure), including MD5, HMAC-SHA1, and some of what looks like Yahoo's own encoding.

Posted by dewsbury

September 25, 2003

Yahoo support is currently down. A fix is currently being created and will be updated ASAP.

Posted by dewsbury

September 11, 2003

Build 638 of Easy Message 2.3 was released today to support version 10 of the Yahoo! protocol.

Yahoo announced today that they will only support this newer protocol after September 24, 2003. All older Yahoo! Messengers including Easy Message 2.3.637 and below will not be able to connect to the the Yahoo! service after this date.

Posted by dewsbury

September 06, 2003

Version 2.3 was released today in order to support the security upgrade to the MSN protocol. The upgrade uses SSL, a more secure and widely accepted password authorization method than the previous MD5 hash, through its passport service.

Microsoft has announced that they will only support this newer protocol after October 15, 2003. All older MSN Messengers and third party messengers including Easy Message 2.2 and below will not be able to connect to the MSN messenger service after this date.
Download Easy Message 2.3 at download.com.

NOTE: The download.com link is for 2.3 even though it is still labeled as version 2.2.

Posted by dewsbury

May 31, 2003

Easy Message 2.2.636

1. MSN "appear offline" connection fix
2. Port and host settings for services
3. File transfer option from the contact list.
4. Web profiles for ICQ/Yahoo/MSN.

Posted by dewsbury

February 05, 2003

AOL Update

The AOL protocol in EM has been updated to 5.1.

Posted by dewsbury