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Instant Messaging on SDF

On SDF you can use nearly all of the popular instant messaging protocols via fast and efficient text clients. Many users have set up scripts so that they can use various IM clients via their computers or wireless devices such as two way pagers, blackberry, palm pilots and cellphones, and you can too.

A list of Instant Messenger clients on SDF

  • bsflite - BSFlite is a very light and minimal client for AOL(R)'s Instant Messenger(TM) service
  • centericq - Supports ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, AIM, Gadu-Gadu, Jabber and IRC howto
  • ekg - Experimental Gadu Gadu client
  • finch - A part of Pidgin, but using a console (ncurses) user interface. Works very well and is found only on iceland.freeshell.org server. Supports all known protocols.
  • micq - ICQ
  • naim - AOL Instant Messenger
  • ...

    A list of Instant Messenging libraries on SDF

  • p5-Net-AIM-1.22 - Implementation of the AOL Instant Messenger TOC protocol
  • libyahoo-0.18.4 - Yahoo! Messenger client library
  • ...

    Bitlbee

    Bitlbee is an IRC gateway to MSN, ICQ, Jabber, Yahoo, and AIM. It allows you to connect to these services using an irc client.

    1. connect with your favorite irc client to im.bitlbee.org.
    2. say "help" to the root nick, or just type help. everything you need is there.
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