Thanks to CrossTalkIM open sourcing their services (and @bredo helping me beat the software into working)

#CGHMN now has an MSN Messenger server in addition to the existing AIM server!

I was never much of an AIM user. MSN was way more popular in places like Australia so I'm absolutely over the moon to finally have this piece of IM software history running on the retro network

@CursedSilicon I remember the AIM MSN ICQ regionality being town to town. It was just one element of flavor of a place, "Welcome to Shelbyville where the squirrels are RED and we chat using MSN MESSENGER."
@humulus So I tied an ICQ to my belt. Which was the style at the time!