
msnlib
Alberto Bertogli (albertito@blitiri.com.ar)
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This is a python implementation for the msn messenger protocol (version 8);
it's pretty simple and straightforward, but it works well.

Please read the 'INSTALL' file to see how to install and use both the client
and the library.

The client is really simple, uses a text-mode interface with commands similar
to 'climm' (formerly 'micq', http://www.climm.org/), which is a great ICQ
client.

If you're looking for a good messaging system, forget about MSN and try Jabber
(http://www.jabber.org), it's the only one which is run in the open based on
public standards, it's safe, fast, has a lot of features and it's quite
scalable.

But if you're stuck with messenger for whatever reason, I hope you find this
useful.


The basic idea for the library is a main class which represents a connection
with the server and holds all the relevant information, it has only a few
methods to login, change some info and status, and send messages; all the rest
is driven by an asynchronous callback scheme registered at runtime which can be
changed on the fly.

If you're interested, read the code to find out more; most of the documentation
is there either as command or as python documentation strings. You might also
want to check out the doc directory; specially if you use a non-UNIX platform,
take a look at the 'portability' file.


Comments and patches are always welcome; please send them to
albertito@blitiri.com.ar.

Thanks,
		Alberto


