Is there a free API available to connect to MSN, AIM, ICQ and Yahoo messengers? I found the following SDK which looks really cool, however, it’s not free ($800):
http://www.zionsoftware.com/support/jbuddy/docs/JBuddyTutorial.html
I would like to send out game notifications to instant messengers. The current solution (email) doesn’t hold up because emails get stuck in Spam filters a lot. Any experience with that?
I know this isn’t an answer to your question but, I would find it extreemly annoying to get spam in my IM client. I get enough in my email, even with filtering. If you are talking about notifing users about updates you might consider putting some code in the actual game that checks for updates and let’s the user know it’s available when they start your game.
No, it’s not about updates. The game starts with Java webstarts, so updates are delivered automatically.
The game is turn-based. Similar to play-by-mail, however everything is automated. The problem is, the game
doesn’t start right away, so I send out a notification email when the first round is ready to play. I also send out a
notification the first 10 times to let them know when the next round is ready. Turn-time is usually 24h.
If I don’t notify people, I am the only one to play, because I am the only one to know when the game started …
I found this by a quick google… maybe it will help…
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-07-2002/jw-0726-im.html
Thanks, that looks interesting! The website however isn’t that clear? It seems like MUSE is the way to go? Does anybody have experience with it?
Here’s another solution: use Java Native Desktop Integration APIs to put one of those little icons down in the taskbar (or dock or whatever weirdness Linux attempts to use) and sit there minimised waiting for notifications. It can check the server every 10 minutes or something.
Cas 
…JDIC, not JNDI !
Lilian
er yeah, them 
Cas
JDIC would be cool, but personally I would be scared if some game would have some icon running in my
computer! With all the spyware around …