Offtopic: ICQ and IRC
In article <19990505182215.B1009@debian.org>, Joseph Carter
<knghtbrd@debian.org> writes
>On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 08:02:07PM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote:
>> >ICQ is a _DOCUMENTED_ protocol.
>>
>> By Mirabilis or still by the guy who worked it out by sniffing packets?
>
>IIRC, the answer is at this point "both"... Mirabilis did release
>documentation on the protocol.
Do you have a URL please?
>The fact that AOL now owns both standards in instant
>messaging has sparked a project to create a free ICQ server.
Something I've never understood is why an "ICQ shaped" IRC client could
not be made. We have away messages, we have private messages, we have
channels, we have notify lists - AFAICT the only difference is in the UI
of the clients and the number of servers.
--
Ian Lynagh - ian@lynagh.demon.co.uk
http://www.lynagh.demon.co.uk/
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