Instant messaging & ICQ

[lucifer@e...]

Thanks ka, I will check it out.

--- In medusa@y..., altis@y... wrote:
> You might want to check out the Jabber infrastructure. The Jabber 
> protocol justs passes around XML until it hits a Jabber gateway
which 
> can then talk to ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, and AIM, or
any 
> other defined gateway on the server. 
> 
> http://www.jabber.org/
> http://www.jabbercentral.org/
> http://www.jabber.com/
> 
> There are numerous clients and servers available for different 
> platforms as well as documentation on the protocol, etc. so that 
> should help get you going. Since there are already Python libraries 
> to do the XML parsing for you, it should simplify development.
> 
> ka
> --- In medusa@y..., lucifer@e... wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I'm one of those who are trying to build an instant messenger
based 
> on
> > medusa.
> > I was wondering if anyone has tried to communicate with ICQ.
> > I know there is a C library, but no python port.
> > I'm no C programmer, so I cant port it, not even using SWING I
> > believe, but I was planning to study the protocol and build my own
> > library.
> > Has anyone tried something similar ? Or tried to port the C 
> library ?