Hello,

Do you know where I can get something like an Alice bot but for MSN? I wanna set one up for a few friends to talk to while Im away.

Thanks,
Andy

Try running a search on download.com, we tested something like this where we could have a bot running with the latest server status, news, FAQs etc. and people could contact it via MSN, AIM, ICQ etc. but we never really got round to pursuing the idea much further than the testing stage ;)

Alright, Ill check there. Anyone else know where to find a alice style msn bot?

Originally posted by rochen
Try running a search on download.com, we tested something like this where we could have a bot running with the latest server status, news, FAQs etc. and people could contact it via MSN, AIM, ICQ etc. but we never really got round to pursuing the idea much further than the testing stage ;) Which software did you guys use?

Good question, long time ago we did it, I may still have it on my hard disk, I will have a look and if I dig it up, I'll let you know ;)

Here is a tutorial you might want to have a read of: http://www.wiredbots.com/tutorial.html. You can dig up stacks more of information by running a search on Google :)

Okay, for a basic example of how this works, add the user: aurbansun to your AIM list and send it a message. Just had to install the Perl module Net:AIM then run a script in Shell. If you get cut off it is because this thing is causing load problems and has been closed, but test it out if you like :)

Technically this technology could be used for all sorts, service status, status on help desk tickets etc. Of course the one running on the above user is just a bit of fun, testing etc. Not really designed for any practical purpose.

When I run the bot.pl it says "You seem to be missing commands, handlers, etc..." But those are in the folder..

Nevermind, I create a "log" directory and it worked. Thanks.