I am thinking of creating my own program to connect to msn messanger service (and maybe others) dose anyone have any information on the network protocol used by this program?
i don't, but you can certainly find out the hard way, like me, if they don't use some obfuscated method of communcation. just listen on one computer (run MSN on it as well) and then post replies that you get from another computer (by relaying the info by hand). i learned to write my POP3 server that way... until i learned of RFCs and had not time to read them.
Look at the open source messenger called Miranda.
isn't there a tutorial on how to make a messenger program ? or a source code in asm for it ? or does anybody has that source code with comments and stuff ?
Out of curiousity, do companies like MS or AOL or Yahoo care if you use their servers from your instant messenger clone? I've seen several of programs like this (Ex. Trillian) which handle the MSN, ICQ, AIM, etc protocols but are obviously not providing the servers.
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they probably do mind but what can they do?
nothing...
you are free to send them packets, if they adhere to the msn protocol then the server will act accordingly...
i guess the servers could require that the client sends what sort of client it is, but obviously you could fake it..
nothing...
you are free to send them packets, if they adhere to the msn protocol then the server will act accordingly...
i guess the servers could require that the client sends what sort of client it is, but obviously you could fake it..
I found this while doing a quick 'google' .. http://www.devarticles.com/art/1/225
It says part 1/3 .. but it looks new .. so the other parts may be 'Coming Soon'
It says part 1/3 .. but it looks new .. so the other parts may be 'Coming Soon'
Maybe this is usefull..