Rob Kennedy wrote: > Kiyat Yuni Saptoko wrote: >> i want to create yahoo messenger client with tclient socket, how can i do >> this? >> how can i login to yahoo server and get message from there? > > Begin by finding documentation for the Yahoo protocol. That's not a Delphi > subject, so you're not likely to get help from this mailing list. This > mailing list is for after you understand what data your program has to > send back and forth, and you're having trouble figuring out how to make > TClientSocket do that. > > Has Yahoo published the protocol? If not, then you'll probably need to > look at the source code of other independent Yahoo Messenger clients.
Only Jabber has an actual published protocol, but that's because it is open source. Everyone else (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, etc.) are all closed protocols - the only reason there are various clients (e.g. Trillian) is because someone took the time to use Ethereal and related tools to take apart the protocol and document it. From what I've heard, Yahoo has the worst protocol to deal with...you're better off using a pre-made third-party library (perhaps wrapped in a nice DLL). -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 Get on task. Stay on task. http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/
