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thelenian · 11-05-2002, 02:04 AM

What you'd be attempting to do is generally not possible (not in the strict sense of the word) because what it amounts to is an attempt to masquerade as an AIM server.

In any case, IM functionality is not necessarily something that you'd want to facilitate, as it will allow players to identify other players by IP address, as all communications in AIM, once established, are direct p2p. You can get around that by using your MUD as an address translation proxy, but then you'll need to make a custom app, as there's no way to do this with AIM.

11-05-2002, 02:04 AM	#4
thelenian Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 122	What you'd be attempting to do is generally not possible (not in the strict sense of the word) because what it amounts to is an attempt to masquerade as an AIM server. In any case, IM functionality is not necessarily something that you'd want to facilitate, as it will allow players to identify other players by IP address, as all communications in AIM, once established, are direct p2p. You can get around that by using your MUD as an address translation proxy, but then you'll need to make a custom app, as there's no way to do this with AIM.