Msn

= MSN / WLM Interface Plugin =

StatusNet Google Summer Of Code 2010

Introduction
Whilst XMPP is a popular protocol among more technical users; Windows Messenger is very popular among those with less technical skills who may otherwise not use the chat interface functions. I believe that implementing a Windows Messenger plugin would open the chat interface functions to a new audience of users.

Download
The code for this plugin can be found in the plugins/Msn folder of the 1.0.x branch

Requirements
A queueing backend is required for all IM plugins, to enable the DB queue, add the following to your config.php

$config['queue']['enabled'] = true;

Installation
In your config.php in your SN installation add the lines

addPlugin('msn', array( 'user' =&gt; '...', 'password' =&gt; '...', 'nickname' =&gt; '...' ));

Config Options
user * : username (screenname) to use when logging into MSN

password * : password for that user nickname: nickname for the bot

nickname * : nickname for the bot

* required

To start the daemon, run

scripts/startdaemons.sh

Dev Notes
The documentation for the code base of this plugin can be found at

Dev Notes