NAME

Net::ICQ - Communicate with a ICQ server

SYNOPSIS

use Net::ICQ;
  
$ICQ = Net::ICQ->new();
$ICQ->signon();

DESCRIPTION

Net::ICQ is a class implementing a simple ICQ client in Perl.

CONSTRUCTOR

new ( [ USERNAME, PASSWORD [, HOST [, PORT ] ] ])

This is the constructor for a new ICQ object.

USERNAME defaults, in order, to the environment variables ICQUSER, USER then LOGNAME.

PASSWORD defaults to the contents of the file $HOME/.icqpw.

HOST and PORT refer to the remote host to which a ICQ connection is required. Leave them blank unless you want to connect to a server other than Mirabilis.

The constructor returns the open socket, or undef if an error has been encountered.

send ( USERNAME, MESSAGE );

Send a message to a icq user.

version ( );

Returns version information.

AUTHORS

Bek Oberin <gossamer@tertius.net.au>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1998 Bek Oberin. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.