Comment 11 for bug 579281

Sorry it took me so long to reply and thanks again for your help.

Tested on lucid 32bit, unfortunately doesn't work for me either.
I also tried setting the Server to "gateway.messenger.hotmail.com" and the port to 80 to no effect.

PS: For those needing a workaround (found it somewhere else): uninstalling telepathy-butterfly and restarting GNOME will let you use telepathy-haze. A checkbox for "use http method" will appear in empathy if you set up msn again.