Linux command line IM Client

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January 13, 2006 at 10:37 pm #21273

digitalmischief
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Hi,

im after a linux based IM client that has the abillity to send messages from the command line.

i have googled to try and find one – but with no luck – any ideas?

Thanks
Toby

January 13, 2006 at 10:49 pm #136300

David
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MSN – http://tmsnc.sourceforge.net/

January 13, 2006 at 10:58 pm #136301

digitalmischief
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thanks – just tried that – works fine – but i need one that you can actually control (send messages) from the command line. (i want to message myself at work using when my PC at home completed certain scripts etc.)

any other ideas?

April 30, 2009 at 1:14 am #136302

bobomeister
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Tmsnc is open source… just modify the code.. couldn’t be that much in a console application.
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