The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: Net::OSCAR
DSLIP: ampOp
description: AOL Instant Messenger OSCAR protocol
userid: MATTHEWG (Matthew Sachs)
chapterid: 5 (Networking_Devices_IPC)
communities:
http://lists.zevils.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/net-oscar/
similar:
Net::AIM Net::AOLIM
rationale:
There are two different protocols that can be used to access AIM.
The one that the current perl modules implement is TOC. The TOC
specifications have been released by AOL. TOC is a simple protocol
that does not implement many of the features of OSCAR, AIM's native
protocol, such as away message retrieval and buddy rendezvous. Also,
AOL has placed some silly restrictions on TOC like blocking more
than one connection from the same IP. AOL has not released the
specifications to OSCAR, but projects like gAIM and libfaim have
figured it out anyway. OSCAR is much more complex than TOC, so
adding an OSCAR implementation to one of the existing modules would
bloat them to an extent that would overshadow the original code.
Net::OSCAR uses an interface similar to that of Net::AIM and will
try to be as compatible as possible with that module.
enteredby: MATTHEWG (Matthew Sachs)
enteredon: Tue Jul 24 06:43:25 2001 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
Net::
::OSCAR ampOp AOL Instant Messenger OSCAR protocol MATTHEWG
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