Re: Using perl to grab msn and yahoo contacts

I am wondering if it is possible to grab the contact list of msn messenger and yahoo messenger.

From where exactly? The MSN and Yahoo Messenger protocols? from some web-pages? Please be more specific.

I'd wager there are modules that talk these protocols, but it sounds like you have something more simple in mind.

I have tried using various cpan modules but they dont seem to work.

Which modules? Exactly how did they not "seem to work" ?

I just need the email ids from the msn messenger/yahoo messenger.

Well, as dubious as this sounds (for example most trojans/viruses do this to propagate) ... can I ask why?

Perhaps there's another way to attack your problem.

-David

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Re^2: Using perl to grab msn and yahoo contacts by user2000 (Sexton) on Sep 07, 2007 at 13:47 UTC
Hi, Thank you for your reply. I am basically trying to run a site where users can add their existing friends from msn messenger/yahoo messenger. So that is the reason why I want to extract the email ids from these 2 protocols. I tried the POE component MSN, it dint seem to work. All I want is to accept username and password then simply get the email ids from the protocol. If you can tell me the code using module also, I do not mind. I do not mind installing any module available. Thank you very much, Anant	[reply]

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Re^2: Using perl to grab msn and yahoo contacts
by user2000 (Sexton) on Sep 07, 2007 at 13:47 UTC

Hi, Thank you for your reply. I am basically trying to run a site where users can add their existing friends from msn messenger/yahoo messenger. So that is the reason why I want to extract the email ids from these 2 protocols. I tried the POE component MSN, it dint seem to work. All I want is to accept username and password then simply get the email ids from the protocol. If you can tell me the code using module also, I do not mind. I do not mind installing any module available. Thank you very much, Anant

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