I have msn and a friend has now got trillian so I tried to add her to my contacts list. An msn window comes up saying I cannot as she doesn't have a .net passport. Is there a way round this as she doesn't want one?

I will find out and get back to you

No rridgley. She said she has a AIM account. Would that mean me getting rid of msm?

You can turn any e-mail account into a .NET account easily.

Thing is she has had her computer set up for her by her son, and would not be able to make any changes herself I think. Would her getting the .net passport mean I would be able to connect to her no problem?

MSN would guide her through making it a .NET account. Takes her to a website, she fills in the info and then it's a .NET account.

I've been able to add people even if they're not a .NET account and everything works fine. You could also have her add you to her account and then you'd get the notification.