sub run {
    my $request_file_name = shift;#named pipe to which the Messenging daemon will
                       #listen for messenger spawn requests.
    if (!defined($request_file_name)){
        croak "can not run without something to listen to!\n";
    }
    mkfifo($request_file_name,0777)||croak "could not open named pipe : $!";
    my %children = ();
    my $pid;
    open my $fh,'<',$request_file_name;
    while(1){
        my $params = fd_retrieve($fh);
        my $messenger = $class->new($params);
        $pid = fork();
        if (!$pid){
            $children{$pid} = 1;
        }
        else{
            $messenger->relay;
        }
    }
}