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All new docs are being written in the github msndevs wiki
The old contents are left here for historical reference
old contents
According to MSNPiki, MSNP12 introduced the concept of "contact types" or "network IDs"
These are hardcoded numbers that look like bitmasks, but probably aren't - the ones that aren't powers of two are combinations that make no sense.
MSNP14?
This one is copied from MSNPiki, which doesn't specify what version it applies to - I'm guessing it corresponds to MSNP14 due to the yahoo support:
1
Windows Live2
Office Communicator4
Telephone8
MNI (Mobile Network Interop, used by Vodafone)16
SMTP (Jaguire, Japanese mobile interop)32
Yahoo
MSNP22
Added 13
, "Connect", no idea what it is.
1
Windows Live2
Office Communicator4
Telephone8
"Mobile Network" (see MNI above)13
"Connect"? (1|4|8
)16
SMTP32
Yahoo
MSNP24
Replaced 8
with skype. Added 19
and 20
, no idea either.
1
Windows Live2
Office Communicator4
Telephone8
Skype13
"Connect"?16
SMTP19
"Temporary Group"? (1|2|16
)20
"Short Circuit"? (4|16
)