Here is the first request and response in a notification server session:
POST http://gateway.messenger.hotmail.com/gateway/gateway.dll?Action=open&Server=NS&IP=messenger.hotmail.com HTTP/1.1\r\n
Accept: */*\r\n
Accept-Language: en-us\r\n
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\n
User-Agent: MSMSGS\r\n
Host: gateway.messenger.hotmail.com\r\n
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n
Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n
Pragma: no-cache\r\n
Content-Type: application/x-msn-messenger\r\n
Content-Length: 18\r\n
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VER 5 MSNP8 CVR0\r\n
HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0\r\n
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 07:39:53 GMT\r\n
X-MSN-Messenger: SessionID=954547325.13160; GW-IP=207.46.110.18\r\n
Content-Length: 18\r\n
Content-Type: application/x-msn-messenger\r\n
Age: 0\r\n
Via: HTTP/1.1 ntl_site (Traffic-Server/5.2.0-R [c sSf ])\r\n
X-Cache: MISS from nautilus.localdomain\r\n
X-Cache-Lookup: MISS from nautilus.localdomain:80\r\n
Proxy-Connection: keep-alive\r\n
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VER 5 MSNP8 CVR0\r\n
Here is the first request in a switchboard server session:
POST http://gateway.messenger.hotmail.com/gateway/gateway.dll?Action=open&Server=SB&IP=207.46.108.13 HTTP/1.1\r\n
Accept: */*\r\n
Accept-Language: en-us\r\n
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\n
User-Agent: MSMSGS\r\n
Host: gateway.messenger.hotmail.com\r\n
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n
Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n
Pragma: no-cache\r\n
Content-Type: application/x-msn-messenger\r\n
Content-Length: 55\r\n
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USR 3 phil_sayers@hotmail.com 214963.1047973248.28908\r\n
Here is a message polling the server for queued messages, and finding none:
POST http://207.46.110.18/gateway/gateway.dll?Action=poll&SessionID=954547325.32498 HTTP/1.1\r\n
Accept: */*\r\n
Accept-Language: en-us\r\n
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\n
User-Agent: MSMSGS\r\n
Host: 207.46.110.18\r\n
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n
Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n
Pragma: no-cache\r\n
Content-Type: application/x-msn-messenger\r\n
Content-Length: 0\r\n
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HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0\r\n
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 07:39:56 GMT\r\n
X-MSN-Messenger: SessionID=954547325.6942; GW-IP=207.46.110.18\r\n
Content-Length: 0\r\n
Content-Type: application/x-msn-messenger\r\n
Age: 1\r\n
Via: HTTP/1.1 ntl_site (Traffic-Server/5.2.0-R [c sSf ])\r\n
X-Cache: MISS from nautilus.localdomain\r\n
X-Cache-Lookup: MISS from nautilus.localdomain:80\r\n
Proxy-Connection: keep-alive\r\n
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Here is a message closing the session from the client side:
POST http://207.46.110.18/gateway/gateway.dll?SessionID=954547325.3500 HTTP/1.1\r\n
Accept: */*\r\n
Accept-Language: en-us\r\n
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\n
User-Agent: MSMSGS\r\n
Host: 207.46.110.18\r\n
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n
Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n
Pragma: no-cache\r\n
Content-Type: application/x-msn-messenger\r\n
Content-Length: 5\r\n
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OUT\r\n
HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0\r\n
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 07:41:39 GMT\r\n
X-MSN-Messenger: SessionID=954547325.1484; GW-IP=207.46.110.18; Session=close\r\n
Content-Length: 0\r\n
Content-Type: application/x-msn-messenger\r\n
Age: 0\r\n
Via: HTTP/1.1 ntl_site (Traffic-Server/5.2.0-R [c sSf ])\r\n
X-Cache: MISS from nautilus.localdomain\r\n
X-Cache-Lookup: MISS from nautilus.localdomain:80\r\n
Proxy-Connection: keep-alive\r\n
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