Good news! You do NOT have to log in to an ILS server to establish a Netmeeting connection with a buddy on your Messenger friends list.
Here's how you do it:
- From Messenger, right-click your buddy's name (assuming they're online, of course)
- Pick Start Netmeeting from the pop-up menu.
This should open a message window with an invitation link. When they click the link, it will launch NetMeeting for them and try to establish a point-to-point connection. That's it!