MSNre 0.9.1

MSNre is a lightweight but powerful console-based MSN Instant Messenger clone. It has a easy-to-use curses BitchX-like user interface.

It has many features, including instant messaging, sending messages to cell phones, file transfer, complete contacts/groups management, email notifications, auto-away messages, netmeeting support, aliases, messages logging, event scripts, local contact list, multi-user chat support, ability to encode characters in the system locale, and much more.

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Here are some key features of "MSNre":

· Connection - Connect and login to the server, automatically reconnect when disconnected
· Status - Change own status (including Idle)
· Contacts - Download and show complete contact lists
· Friendly Names - Change your own friendly name
· Contact info - Show complete info about a contact
· Add/remove/rename - Add, remove and rename users and groups
· Block/unblock - Block and unblock other users
· Messaging - Send and receive messages
· Multi-user chat - Invite more users to existing chat sessions
· File Transfer - Send and receive files
· NetMeeting - Netmeeting/Gnomemeeting support
· Local contacts - Have contacts in a local contact list
· Ignore list - Ignore messages from people without blocking them
· Auto-away messages - Send auto messages while away
· Auto-idle - Automatically set Idle status
· Auto-accept files - Automatically accept incoming files
· Aliases - Create aliases for commands and contacts
· Messages logging - Log all the incoming/outgoing messages
· Event script - Run own script if an event appears
· E-mail notifications - Notify about unread, new e-mails
· Hotmail - Launch the browser to get to hotmail site
· Pager messages - Send messages on pager device (MSN Mobile)
· Phone numbers - Change own and show other users phone numbers
· Alerts - Receive MSN Alerts

Requirements:

· Digest::MD5
· Curses
· POE
· Encode (a part of perl distribution since 5.8.0)
· LWP::UserAgent, HTTP::Request (to login with the newer protocol versions)